As my wife was moving into her newly completed attic studio, she found that she was in need of some additional bookshelves. She has a LOT of costume, pattern, and fashion books - piles of books and reference material. She asked me, ever so sweetly, to put together some simple bookshelves that would fit in, but not overpower her space.
Her shelves are made of Grade 2 (full of knots) Big Box Lumber Store white pine and it took about an hour to cut them out and an hour to put them together. I had some of the materials and supplies, bringing the total cost of the shelves to less than $40 each. My wife put two coats of yellow milk paint on them and then two coats of satin spar varnish, sanding lightly between coats.
I ended up doing two versions of the shelves for her, giving her around twenty-three liner feet of shelf space in the attic and giving her shelf options for some of the large, oversized books. The two-shelf design is the one featured in this video, but I will add the link for the measured drawings for both types below. If you build a version, let me know.
Double Shelf Drawing:
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Single Shelf Drawing:
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Milk Paint: www.amazon.com...
Spar Varnish: www.amazon.com...