I am so excited to share the third and shutting part of my DIY Desk System with you guys within the current day. I shared the desk HERE, and the side tables which double as nightstands HERE. Time for the third! Check out the DIY Bookcases I added!
I actually like my desk. That’s all.
This may be the best bookcase however. It’s good too, because of you’ll put it on excessive of varied objects making it very versatile. You may too use it by itself if you happen to’re working with a shorter space.
As on a regular basis, I am going to stroll you through all of the assemble proper right here, and you may additionally receive and print the FREE woodworking plans by clicking proper right here or the button underneath. Thanks so much to Jay of Jay’s Personalized Creations for putting all of our genuine ideas into printable plans for our readers… He’s superior. Take a look at him out!
These bookcases use 1×12 for all the cupboards. I chosen to utilize whitewood for mine, nevertheless you may additionally use select pine or another sort you want. I like the worth of the whitewood the easiest, nevertheless it might be a booger to find a straight one on the ironmongery store. It’s value it to dig though! And, I actually like how rustic it stains. Love all these knots.
I used my Ridgid Miter Seen to make all of these cuts. Every Ash and I exploit a 12″ sliding compound miter seen.
We get quite a few questions on whether or not or to not associate with a ten″ or 12″ seen. We truly ought to write down a put up on the variations of all of them, nevertheless that’s the important gist….
The bigger the blade, the longer the cut back. The sliding mechanism is SUPER helpful, and I would say that if you happen to’re important about developing some furnishings, go ahead and get a sliding seen. Mine will do nearly 30″ when you flip the board after one sliding cut back. That is great helpful when working with prolonged boards like these 1×12 and even greater ones.
Ryobi merely obtained right here out with an superior 10″ sliding seen. You can see it HERE. This seen will assemble virtually every plan on our website, and the worth degree is superior. Good Christmas current! 😉
After making all of my shelf piece cuts, I used a pencil and tape measure to mark off the place each of the shelf objects would line up.
I used a line of Gorilla Picket Glue one the side 1×3 objects sooner than attaching them.
I used my Ryobi AirStrike 16G Finish Nailer with 1.25″ nails to attach the side objects into the shelf objects.
Proper right here is my first piece linked and capable of go…
I did the an identical issue with the remaining 3 side objects.
As quickly as I accomplished that, I cut back the once more piece and linked them using picket glue and the an identical measurement nails. I made constructive to attach these things into the once more of the shelf objects.
My closing step was planking the best. I made all the cuts, after which used picket glue and 1.25″ nails to attach the best planks.
DONE. See… Suggested you it was easy!
I stained mine sooner than transferring them into my mattress room. I went with the an identical superior stain combo as the rest of the desk system.
I used one amongst my new fav stain combos for the tip! I started by staining all the factor with Varathane picket stain in Weathered Grey. You may discover this at Dwelling Depot! It solely requires one coat and dries in an hour… Positive please!
I wanted mine to look a bit additional distressed, so I used Rust-Oleum decorative glaze on excessive of the stain as quickly because it dried. You merely brush this stuff on after which wipe the excess off. Work on one side at a time as a result of it does dry pretty quickly. You may too uncover this at Dwelling Depot.
That’s it! I set all of it up and I was accomplished. I did decide to attach mine to the exact side tables. I did this by using 2″ picket screws from inside the best of the cabinet and into the underside of the bookcase. I didn’t glue because of I want to have the flexibility to take these apart and switch them if wished.
Proper right here she is all prepare… My desk match for a queen ;-)…
Hope you love it as so much as I do!
Thanks so much for stopping by guys! I would LOVE so that you could share this and PIN it together with your buddies!
Let me know if in case you might have any questions the least bit 🙂
~Whitney
