My wife requested some additional bookshelves for her studio. I put together a set earlier this year, but as mentioned then, she has a LOT of costume, pattern, and fashion books – piles of books and reference material. Her shelves are made of Grade 2 (full of knots) Big Box Lumber Store white pine, with popular face frames, and it took about two hours to cut out all the parts, cut the dados, and an hour to put them together. I had some of the materials and supplies, bringing the total cost of the shelves to about $50.
My wife is planning on putting two coats of yellow milk paint on them and then two coats of satin spar varnish, sanding lightly between coats, so that these shelves match her previous ones. Originally, she wanted a set of flat panel doors that closed in the bottom shelf, but as I was gluing the first one together, she had a change of heart and there will be no doors…. I will hopefully use the door parts on another project soon.
The addition of these will give her around thirty liner feet of shelf space in the attic and will house some of the large books and design binders. I added the link below for the measured drawings for the original design of these shelves, the design with the doors and the final design that she settled on. There is a cut list for each option. If you build a version, please let me know.