Pillar Bookcase

This is a bookcase that was completed in May 2009. It’s design came from an entertainment center that I built a few years ago. A customer saw it and wanted a bookcase built in the same style. This one is made form mainly maple and poplar with a little MDF.

It has a arch at the top with a raised panel effect on it. I built this in one piece with a router raised panel system. The system uses 4 routers on a special table to achieve this design. The detailed molding at the top is a standard crown with an added custom profile molding added to the bottom. To make the crown really flair out I brought out the post and the center.

The finish is a white undercoater with a antiquing glaze over that. I sprayed 3 coats of the undercoated on it. I don’t use a regular glaze. I found for that antique look, Golden Oak by Minwax is real good to use as a glaze coat. The stain was applied after I did a series of rub troughs on the corners and where most of the wear would normally occur.

Here are some of the raw video recordings:

Bookcase sanding

Bookcase Trim

Bookcase Base

Bookcase Build

Bookcase Post

Sanding

Here are the building pictures:

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