How To Build Bookshelf Doors With Glass Inserts

Designer kristina steinmetz s idea to add a sliding door to the billy bookcase smartly disguises.

How to build bookshelf doors with glass inserts.

Of books or knickknacks. Glass doors make a bookcase but doors that swing on hinges are a pain to install. The rest of the shelves will be screwed in at the pocket holes. An easy way to hide your books is by adding a door.

The bifold style doors look like a typical bookcase when they re closed. The top shelf will lay on top of the bookshelf frame and should be nailed into the side supports from above. In fact you can even load up the shelves with 500 lbs. Your stash of harlequin romances should stay your little secret but that means hiding what is in your bookcase.

A full bookcase is a happy bookcase but sometimes you do not want everyone to see what exactly you are reading. Use a carpenter square to make sure the top is square and edges are flush. In addition they re ideal for a bookcase designed to fit in a space where swinging doors might get in the way. Step 3 making a recess.

A recent study done by pew research center showed that a staggering quarter of american adults don t read books in any shape or form. The glass front doors will keep out the dust plus the glass retains that open look and makes the shelves look like a pretty display case. Please subscribe to my channel. The same study suggested that the likelihood of reading was directly linked to wealth and educational level.

Make sure that the recess is 1x4 inches in depth. I don t give exact measurements for the cutting of the wood in this project because the size of the doors will depend on the size of the shelf or cabinet you re. 9 x 21 glass inserts with seedy glass with a slight bubble pattern at approximately 14 50 each panel 54 total. Each bookcase door has a fixed middle shelf and four adjustable shelves.

Not only are book nook inserts a fun way to train your creativity muscle they can also be a solution to making reading great again. Functional and chic ikea billy bookcase hacks photo. Add a sliding door. The width should be 1x8 to 1x4 inches.

The doors slide open along a steel roller system at the top and the bottom to reveal the secret room. And the cabinet door becomes two pieces the doors were painted with chalk paint and went from orange oak stain to an off white and distressed. Buy the wood which will act as the panel for the glass bookshelf door based on the measurement above. Introduce a recess or an indentation on the wood that you purchased.

Regular sliding doors are much easier to install. Glass was installed by robinson glass with 4 doors.