Instructions for building bookcases, cabinets, and shelves.

This collection of 16 projects, in a wide array of styles, with enough variety to suit any taste and skill level, delivers expert advice for designing and building bookcases and shelving. For avid woodworkers (who spend more than $2-billion annually on their craft), these projects from America's leading woodworking magazine offer inspiration and authoritative advice on design and construction.

A Place for Everything... Whether you need storage for books, DVDs, games or clothes, you'll find attractive, custom options in this book. Open shelving? An enclosed cabinet? A classic bookcase? They're all here. Building Bookcases, Cabinets and Shelves offers 29 storage solutions in a variety of styles and sizes with both open and enclosed storage. Each project includes cutting lists, step-by-step instructions and tips and advice from professional woodworkers who have made each piece. Best of all, you can build them just as they are, or customize further to make each piece uniquely yours.

This New York Times bestselling book is filled with hundreds of fun, deceptively simple, budget-friendly ideas for sprucing up your home. With two home renovations under their (tool) belts and millions of hits per month on their blog YoungHouseLove.com, Sherry and John Petersik are home-improvement enthusiasts primed to pass on a slew of projects, tricks, and techniques to do-it-yourselfers of all levels. Packed with 243 tips and ideas—both classic and unexpected—and more than 400 photographs and illustrations, this is a book that readers will return to again and again for the creative projects and easy-to-follow instructions in the relatable voice the Petersiks are known for. Learn to trick out a thrift-store mirror, spice up plain old roller shades, "hack" your Ikea table to create three distinct looks, and so much more.

Whether you're building from scratch or installing straight from the store, this is the only book you'll need to make sure your shelves, cabinets, and built-ins look professional and well integrated in your home or office. First you have to know what you want. An amazing photo gallery helps you with that decision. Then you'll find an overview of the tools, materials, and techniques you'll be using. From here, you'll go one of two ways-building them yourself or installing ready-mades-and this book gives equal attention to both. Step-by-step instructions guide you through the installation process so your ready-made shelves look like they were created by a custom carpenter. For the do-it-yourself builder, there's more than enough guidance to make shelves and cabinets that could earn the praise of a master craftsman. Whichever way you choose, instructions are illustrated with color photographs and diagrams. Projects include entertainment centers and bookshelves, plus kitchen, bathroom, and utility room storage cabinets.

It is true that book always enjoys more attention than its faithful supporter-bookshelf. This book, however, is a tribute to this essential piece of furniture in our life, presenting creative bookshelf designs from around the globe which would provide fresh ideas for readers. An illustrated foldout was carefully made to introduce a brief historical development of bookshelf

From a simple wall shelf to a grand bookcase, each project in How to Make Bookshelves and Bookcases provides step-by-step instructions, exploded diagrams, and a helpful cutting list to minimize waste and guarantee success. Build functional yet stylish pieces from a simple wall shelf to a grand bookcase. The experts at American Woodworker give step-by-step instructions using various types of wood.

In this collection of 25 articles from Fine Homebuilding and Fine Woodworking, America's most accomplished carpenters and woodworkers contribute their advice on building sturdy cabinets, built-ins, and bookcases.