Making Doors For Bookcase

Each bookcase door has a fixed middle shelf and four adjustable shelves.

Making doors for bookcase.

Line up the bookcase so there is a 1 4 overhang on the top and attach the top screw of the top hinge into your spacer then the top screw of the bottom hinge. It is now time to sketch out the door jambs on each side of the opening. A full bookcase is a happy bookcase but sometimes you do not want everyone to see what exactly you are reading. The doors slide open along a steel roller system at the top and the bottom to reveal the secret room.

And cue the guy s at home depot starting to hate me since we re making shaker style doors you ll need to add trim pieces around the entire door. I choose to do just one door per bookcase to keep it simple. The doors are available in hardwood veneers mdf or vinyl lam. Note if a different size opening or bookcase in in the plans proceed the same way but ensuring that the plywood is large enough to accommodate.

This content is imported from youtube. Attach doors to bookcase. Bookcase sizes range from 36in. An easy way to hide your books is by adding a door.

Shut the door and check to make sure the door isn t too close to the bookcase frame. You ll need 5 of those. Sub step 4 sketch the jambs. This free bookcase plan from lee s wood projects will get you a simple but elegant bookcase that will last for years to come.

A home office is a common location to place a secret bookcase door bookcase passageways can be found in many other places as well such as in living rooms game rooms as a towel cabinet in a bathroom or in a bedroom. Hidden hinges are used to make the bookcase butt up directly against the wall. Double check your measurements before making any cuts to the lumber. There are photos diagrams a material list cutting instructions and building instructions in this bookcase plan.

Your stash of harlequin romances should stay your little secret but that means hiding what is in your bookcase. How to build a wood bookcase from lee s wood projects. Order them directly from the manufacturer. To 66in wide and up to 96in.

If that is the case tighten the adjustment screw that is. Bookcases covertly blend in to many surroundings providing a natural fit. 4 measure and cut your trim pieces. The opened bookcase will take up to 13 1 2 or more inches of the door opening.

Each door should measure 24 x 36. Secret doors aren t just in the movies. 3 measure and cut your doors.