We had planned to use a pivot hinge that seemed like a great idea at first, but after looking into it more, we decided, plain-old commercial door hinges would be better. First, so that if we put too many books in it, it’s not just hanging there on the wall and also so we can still open it if we add too many books! We decided to put our bookcase door on casters. Using this handy pocket hole jig that requires special pocket hole screws – maybe that’s common knowledge to some people! Instead we ripped all the plywood using a circular saw and this handy Kreg Rip Cut jig I found online. We originally thought we might rip the plywood on a table saw, but that quickly seemed like a bad idea. Ripping plywood and cross-cutting plywood with a circular saw. The order with our plywood and trim arrives. And also, cross-cut it-before this project, I didn’t even know there were different names for the direction you cut wood! STEPS: It’s kind of hilarious that we ordered all of our plywood and trim pieces before deciding how we planned to rip the plywood. We decided to build the whole thing out of plywood-after consulting the internet, of course! The bookshelves are also a room divider so we decided on 6 bookshelves-3 on one side and 3 on the opposite side and 1 hidden bookcase door. But, with YouTube and the internet we decided to build our built-in bookshelves and our hidden bookcase door, kind of on a whim! So, if we can do it, so can you! This was our first “real” carpentry project, so we decided to start with a BIG one! We’ve always done a bunch of DIY house projects, but we’ve never built even a small table or anything. My husband thought that was a great idea! So much so, that he then convinced me we should get started on these bookshelves the next week! That’s right, after 10 years of saying…”Don’t you think it would look good to have built-in bookshelves here?” All it took was a hidden bookcase door, our very own Scooby-Doo door to get him on board and fast! We wanted to have a door from one room to the other next to the built-in bookshelves, but we weren’t sure how we wanted it to look and then one day I said, “Maybe we should make it a hidden door…” Then I came up with one of the coolest parts of our built-in bookshelves and that’s what sealed the deal and got my husband on board right-away! Then over the years, I would occasionally say it again to my husband. We finally did it! I’ve wanted built-in bookshelves for FOREVER.
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