A bookshelf made of encyclopedias! YAY!

Step 4 Yay, completed cube! Now repeat.

Thankfully, my set of encyclopedias is rather large and I should end up being able to get six cubes out of it. I might update with pictures of those later. I've only finished two so far because I was distracted by instructables.

I figured I'll paint and seal them after I've finished them all. I don't want them going moldy or foxing on me!

I'm happy with them, but if anyone has suggestions on how to make this easier, or alternate ways to construct them, that would be great considering I am quite the impulsive DIYer. I don't always think things through enough to begin with, but I'm really good at learning from mistakes, haha!

Now, action shots! (Even your cat will like these. True story.)

Comments

[saitaiable child]

How old is your kitten?

[eetzel]

Very Very Nice - good idea

[cardigan34]

Thanks so much for this, I was the yearbook editor for my school and we have boxes and boxes of outdated yearbooks from other schools that I had no clue what to do with. Awesome!

[calikoala]

one thing you could use instead of nuts and bolts to secure the covers are a bookbinding kind of lug. they look like two small screws that connect via a threaded tube. You can get them in lengths of 1/2" to whatever. This would eliminate the need to cut your screws to length.

[jessyratfink]

This didn't even cross my mind. I will look into it. :D Next time a set comes in, I might try that.

[the fat hobbit]

i second the above idea