![]() ![]() Leather Belts and BoardsĪnother in the dangling book genre, this design uses old leather belts and straps to suspend the shelves. I'd worry about knocking into them and dumping my books onto the floor, but maybe with some tension in the ropes (by attaching to the floor or brackets mounted in the wall, as with the example here), one could keep the jostling to a minimum. Most bookshelves rest confidently on the floor. A little more handiwork is required - measuring and drilling, instead of just stacking and stacking. This is a twist on the boards and bricks theme that replaces bricks with bottles. They supported her books well enough, and that's as far as that went. Once I tried to impress a girl with my handyman skills by creating a set of these for her apartment. ![]() These can be as rustic or as elegant as you like, depending on the raw materials. Support the shelves with bricks (new or used), cinder blocks, blocks of wood, or even other books. Boards and BricksĪ classic, like blue jeans, and the DIY bookshelf against which all others are measured. Or go another couple of shelves higher with a smaller table cut in half. You could store your old skate punk CDs here, your old Tony Hawk game cartridges, or a first aid kit.Ĭut an old coffee table in half, stack the two halves against a wall ("L" brackets, again, or a French cleat), and then pile on the books. Stack your books or knick-knacks on your "book" shelf. Mount some "L" brackets to the wall (dress it up by mounting an attractive board to the wall first, then mount the brackets to that), then mount an old, thrift-store hardback to your brackets. Simple and elegant, and cheap depending on how you source the materials 3. It's a ladder, mounted upside-down on the wall, with the shelves once again resting on the rungs. This version, however, is a big improvement. But it takes up so much room and looks messy and cluttered. It's a clever use of materials: a ladder (or two ladders side-by-side), shelves supported by the ladder rungs. I saw a lot of these during my search for interesting bookshelves, and frankly I'm underwhelmed. Mount "L" brackets to the wall, attach your old wooden ladder, and then arrange your books. This looks daunting, but doesn't require too many DIY skills. So I still have plenty of books, and that means I need a way to display and store them. Plus a couple of shelves of reference books and how-tos. There's still the "Read Next" shelf, the "Try to Finish It One Day" shelf (some dense Delillos and Pynchons live there), and several "All Time Favorite" shelves holding books that I often leaf through and still enjoy. (See also: Free Books: Little Libraries That Build Community and Save You Money)īut I haven't been able to part with all of them. Eventually I will move those along to a library that'll take them, or give them away as door prizes, or maybe send some to be scanned, digitized, and pulped. Recently I decided to get rid of my books, moving most of my collection into banker's boxes and stacking them in the office closet and the garage. ![]()
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