How Do You Build Room Divider Bookshelves?
Do you have a room in your house or office that you would like to divide into two or three rooms? Before you hire an expensive contractor to build new walls, consider a room divider bookshelf. Room divider bookshelves keep the space open and light, while providing a beautiful container for books. You can build an attractive room divider bookshelf in almost any space. Take a look at the space in which you want to build your room divider book shelf. How tall does the room divider need to be? How wide? How many shelves would you like and how tall should they be? Are you going to put anything on the shelves other than books? If so, consider spacing the shelves slightly farther apart than you would for a standard bookshelf, which has about a 12-inch shelf. Figure out the dimensions of your bookcase–the length of boards and distance between them. Remember that a support is needed for for every 2-to-2.5 feet of shelf. Cut two side pieces and a top and bottom for your bookshelf. Screw these p