Odd set of bookcases

Wow! That is so cool! Did you attach them to the ceiling Joists?

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Mark I sure hope so, the customer installed them and I told them to secure it to the ceiling joists.

I think it’s awesome.
Nice job.

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Definitely not for earth quake country :-)) Looks like you did a nice job on them.

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That is so different, I like it… Trying to understand how you hold the books up on the ceiling part of the shelf…you say you used acrylic..does it just cover part of the shelf and you are able to lift the books in and out of it? Very clever.

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wow those are awesome.i’d never thought of that.

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all righty.. how do you Load the ceiling level shelves?

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The truth is this isn’t my design and I didn’t do the final installation so I’m not sure about how easy it is to load the books myself. The acrylic is held in place by a groove on each side of the bookcase as well as a groove along the front edge of the shelf. The acrylic was only supposed to cover 1/3 of the opening so the books are supposed to be able to be slid up and out. I just received the pictures from my customers tonight but I think I have to make a trip to see the mechanics of it myself.

You did a great job, as always do what the customer wants. I think it is a dumb idea though… :-)

-- Just because you’ve always done it that way doesn’t mean it’s not incredibly stupid.

The Cu$tomer i$ alway$ Right.

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Certainly different. Nicely done.
Not sure thought that I would want to be the person sleeping under them, but hey.

CtL

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This is krazy-kool. I’ll bet it’s tough to get just one book out of the ceiling part.

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Nice execution on a wacky concept.

-- Shawn, I ask in order to learn

The “Paying” customer is always right. Yes wacky idea. Not for those with sleep problems.

Randy

-- That was not wormy wood when I started working on it.

Well, that is unusual. I have a lot of books and am constantly struggling with where to store them, but I do not think it is going to be over my head!

It is a very cool design and I am glad I can look at it here in the safety of my own home. I expect the ones stored at the top are infrequently used books :-)

-- Kay - Just a girl who loves wood.