Daughter's dorm room shelf

Very Nice Wall shelf system you came up with there!!! I really like the look of these unusual bookcases/picture stands/kitty holders!! or whatever they are called…lol.
This is without a doubt a keeper and a project that requires an add to favorites for future reference to copy the design and build one for myself. The nice thing about this is that it could be incorporated into any room!!
Did you use sketchup for the build or was this a pencil sketch?

-- Im all night long!! all night .. all night .. ALL NIGHT LONG

Very nice job even if Tech did put a hurtin’ on my Cyclones a couple weeks back.

My daughters want me to make them some bookcases that have random height and length shelves in them. I wonder how well plywood would work on this since the shelves need to be a big wider? Also, I’m not familiar with the FastCap edge banding. Is it relatively easy to work with? One last question – what kind of paint did you use? I was considering using regular latex wall paint and spraying a couple coats of water based poly urethane. Any other suggestions?

-- Earl "I'm a pessamist - generally that increases the chance that things will turn out better than expected"

Looks great. The red really pops. I didn’t notice the “T” until you pointed it out but I bet the college kid’s will….....................

-- mike...............

That will help to make the dorm more like home. Very nice project.

-- Mike - Northern Upper Michigan

@ Jason – I just sketched it up with pencil and paper. I wanted something easy to assemble but sturdy. It made sense to me just to dado the 3/4” lumber just 1/4” deep and assemble using the square drive screws.

@ Earl – I used the self adhesive FastEdge product I found on www.fastcap.com
The product is super easy to use with the roller, flush cut trimmer and quad trimmer. I highly recommend the product and it was my first time to use it. I love BEHR paint and the way it covers. So I used an interior latex pure white gloss. Three coats over a coat of KILZ primer. It should hold up well.

Thanks for looking and for the comments!

-- Patrick - Katy, Texas

I like TETRIS also :-)

-- Ivan, Croatia, Wooddicted