Kids Bookcase

Very nicely done!

-- Bob from Odessa, DE

Great job!! Like the design.

-- Jack, Albuquerque

Nice clean bookcase and I’ll bet that they really appreciate it.

helluvawreck aka Charles
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-- If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away. Henry David Thoreau

Thanks for the feedback! They have a great time playing with it; filling it up with everything they can find then emptying it and starting over again… That’s why the whole case is securely fastened to a stud in the wall!

The round corners really make the piece. I usually try to stay away from adding design elements to my build because of the work involved, but you proved it is worth it in the end.

-- Chris K

“so I accomplished my goal”

I’d say heck yeah you did! That’s sure to be around for many years. And you’ll probably hafta build another because as they get older, they’ll be fighting over who gets to keep it!

Great job Dad!

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Thanks for the comments! My first project to make it into the Top 15, woo hoo!

That looks great! If it weren’t white, I’d match my daughter’s furniture perfectly.

How did you get the cove molding to bend around those rounded corners?

Great idea on the rounded corners, so kid-friendly. Great work on the fantastic book case!

supercubber – Thanks for the comment, the cove molding doesn’t wrap around. I made a copy of the top, reduced by 1/4” in all directions. Then I used a cove router bit with a bearing to trace the edge and give it the profile. Then it just got screwed into the top from the underside. The top has a small ogee profile and a round-over edge on the underside of the top. Stacking the two pieces gives it a nice thicker profile overall.

Fishinbo - Thanks, when I built this my daughters were only about 6 months old and finding every sharp corner in the house, so the rounded over corners just came about as a necessity. Overall, I like the design a lot better than just standard straight edges and sharp corners.

Duh (slapping my forehead), thanks. That makes a lot more sense!