This is a bit of strange one. I got a lot of the concepts from other hidden bookcase door tutorials, but added some twists of my own.
the concept is a bookcase built-in that can swivel to reveal an entrance to a room.
When my home was constructed I saved some money on interior doors by having archways installed. this is pretty cool for open rooms like my dining room and game room, but for my theater not so much. you really need it dark in there to enjoy a movie. In my head I have pondered adding a regular door, but then I saw an instructable for using IKEA bookcases as a hidden door partition and it clicked what I wanted to do.
Objective was to achieve a hidden door look, mix in my love of Star Wars and close off the theater.
Aprroximate total cost was about $150
(little quick edit here, just to be clear it's $150 not including Han, which if it's a DIY sculpt could be a few bucks or for a custom made or even licensed product could be $$$$$. I will hopefully be adding in some info on how to get at least the face casts, like you see on my wall outside the theater)
update: added a vid of the finished product, it also shows the bookcase out of the archway.
the concept is a bookcase built-in that can swivel to reveal an entrance to a room.
When my home was constructed I saved some money on interior doors by having archways installed. this is pretty cool for open rooms like my dining room and game room, but for my theater not so much. you really need it dark in there to enjoy a movie. In my head I have pondered adding a regular door, but then I saw an instructable for using IKEA bookcases as a hidden door partition and it clicked what I wanted to do.
Objective was to achieve a hidden door look, mix in my love of Star Wars and close off the theater.
Aprroximate total cost was about $150
(little quick edit here, just to be clear it's $150 not including Han, which if it's a DIY sculpt could be a few bucks or for a custom made or even licensed product could be $$$$$. I will hopefully be adding in some info on how to get at least the face casts, like you see on my wall outside the theater)
update: added a vid of the finished product, it also shows the bookcase out of the archway.
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I wanted a built in look, with 3 sections. this allowed me to have the certain bookcase be my "door"
My approach was to find a way to have the bookcases appear to be static, yet roll open when needed.
As you can see in the photo, I have an arch to deal with as well as an opening of about 59"
I decided to get 2 CD towers from IKEA (Billy model) and one 30" bookcase from Walmart.
I wanted a built in look, with 3 sections. this allowed me to have the certain bookcase be my "door"
My approach was to find a way to have the bookcases appear to be static, yet roll open when needed.
As you can see in the photo, I have an arch to deal with as well as an opening of about 59"
I decided to get 2 CD towers from IKEA (Billy model) and one 30" bookcase from Walmart.
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Honesty if I had the time, money and skill I'd offer up casts of mine now that i've worked on it a bit.
The yahoogroup is where I got all the info and pics so a start there will get you pointed in the right direction
I like that you didn't opt for swivelable wheels and chose stationary ones - much more stable.
Very cool work. Thanks for posting!
One thing, though. After about six months of opening and closing, you're gonna egg out that upper hole through which the pipe 'hinge' protrudes. Pine's a soft wood, so expect to have to make a bushing. I'd suggest drilling out a couple of flanges. Looks like you have just enough space above and below the header to accommodate the same type of flange you've used on top of the shelf unit.
. . . Any, like everybody else has indicated, this is EXCELLENT craftsmanship!
Yeah, you are right. I need to take a video. Actually it's a good time, all the christmas stuff is in the attic access in that room so I had to move the shelf to get the tree and stuff out. Will hopefully explain it better if you can see how it works.
I'm on it!