Inverted Bookshelf

Step 6: Sit back and enjoy

You can leave it as is or go for some more realism by gluing some toys, bookends, or even a fake drink to the bottom of the board to complete the look!

Comments

[Killergunman]

Double sided shelf books bottom nik nacks up top!

[fmachado1]

How did you hide elastic???

[Mr. D.]

Open the front cover, insert book, close front cover.

[Electronics Man]

AWSOME!

[squante]

This is brilliant! It even gives you room to put stuff on top of it :D

[Freelog]

Just genius!

[cositasbonitas]

amazing!!!!! thank you for sharing us!!!!

[critternerd]

You know, they say English is the hardest language to learn...

[Sketch98]

thats because no one speaks using proper English grammar

[GeekBeam]

it's the biggest not the hardest to learn to communicate fully, but hardest to master

[Heywasup]

 actually the hardest is arabic

[SimoMies]

Really? I personally thought that it was Chinese, but I stand corrected. Finnish is quite tricky aswell :3

[lapiosaatana]

mm suomi on top 10 vaikeimissa enkku on helppo same in english:
yeah finnish is in top 10 languages and english is easy

[ZokiS]

А што правиме со Македонскиов? Го има на листата?
What about Macedonian? Where is is located on the list?

[I3uckwheat]

I vote algebra

[lapiosaatana]

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_are_the_top_ten_hardest_languages_in_the_world

http://www.crystalkiss.com/worlds-hardest-languages-learn/

http://www.ehow.com/info_7984996_top-10-hardest-languages-learn.html

Some proofs that finöand is hard to learn.

[kyriaap]

Don't forget Dutch.. when do use a 'd' or a 't' and using the correct grammar?

[smileys]

Russian is pretty hard I hear. Also do dead languages count? If so what about Greek or Latin.

On a different note, this is a great Instructable really made me scratch my head at first.

[4lifenerdfighter]

All of you stop. How has nobody mentioned TlhIngan Hol?

[irocandrew]

 I think that using velcro would be more easier to use as you don't need staples and it would allow you to take books out and put them back easily

[dispyto4u]

 Nice!!!!!!!!

[stevco]

Hi,
I made it!
It took me several days, in fact this can be done in several hours but getting the whole equipment, materials and setting everything, takes 2 or 3 days.

Here is my attempt: withineye.deviantart.com/art/Surreal-Bookcase-144052356

Thank you very much for your kind and understandable tutorial!

[fungus amungus]

Hey! Great job!

[stevco]

thank you!

[kuriinaa]

I disagree Dust in books simply mean you should clean more often .  0_~

[rosa.bernardez]

Such a wonder. With this design you don't need to clean the dust on the books. It is a dust-proof design.

[picaq]

Yes! Dust in books is so disgusting.

[0087adam]

Dust in books means they aren't read enough; donate them to a local school or library.

[Archive555]

I disagree. Dust in books means you loved the book so much you want your kids and grandkids to read it, when and if you have them.

[lycoris3]

I just got a bunch of very old books with a puff of dust in all of them. I'm still coughing from the 1894 one. (Hack, sniff, sneeze!!) There was another one I got from 1914. Both poetry. Romance, but I find that funny.

[Rishnai]

Love it! Regarding you suggestion of gluing a fake drink to the bottom to complete the realism, I seem to recall Hobby Lobby and the like selling plastic flowers in vases with "water" that looks amazingly real, but is solid. Does anyone know what this is, or how I could get a similar effect with stuff I can get at Home Depot?

[Gage987]

my dad works at a furniture store and to say they have stain proof-ness the have fake spills wine, milk, glue, and ice cream.

[lycoris3]

my dad when he was in high school took a class for ads and how they do those things. The fake spill things were one of the many very odd things they used. The "milk" for the cereal commercials? Water-downed glue.

[santy22]

AHA! i KNEW IT!

[LordOlimar]

I used to work at Michael's Arts and Crafts. We sold a product (the name I can't remember for the life of me - sorry) that was meant to resemble water. It was used in fake Floral designs. Basically you just added water to the pre-packaged mix, poured it into whatever container you were using, and let it dry. It was pretty permanent though from what I remember, so make sure you're using a container you don't really need any more. I'm pretty sure they would sell this at Hobby Lobby, Jo-Anne's, etc also. Pretty much any arts place that sells fake flowers. You could definitely use that. Just go in, describe the product, and they should know exactly what you're talking about. You may even be able to add coloring to make it look like something besides water (although I don't know anyone who's tried it before).

[bassclarinet23]

Let me know if you remember what the mix was called...it sound pretty practical for what I plan to do.

[LordOlimar]

I did a quick search.  The product we sold was called Quick Water.  I can't find it on the Michael's website, so I'm not sure if they still sell it or not.

There is a short description of it here:  http://www.save-on-crafts.com/quicwat12ozs.html

[bassclarinet23]

Okay, thanks. I'll look for it.

[Myself]

Plain old WEST epoxy should cure pretty clear. It's pretty expensive per ounce, but it'd sure hold tight! I wouldn't glue it to the shelf, though. First, don't use a wooden shelf: Get a metal shelf and put woodgrain shelf paper on it. (Use screws to attach the elastic band?) Then affix tiny magnets to the toys and brick-a-brack, so you can unstick them from the bottom at any time, too. My kingdom to whoever figures out how to do an umop-apisdn fountain, piggybank, or candybowl. :)

[mikeyberman]

A piggybank could be done with a vertical line of greased magnets of increasing strength (increasing as you go upwards). But it wouldn't hold much money at all...

[mandae17]

Depends where the slot for inserting money was in relation to the rest of the piggybank

[mikeyberman]

Ah true, you'd just need a fake slot on the bottom :) Seems so obvious now :P

[mandae17]

Maybe have the mouth of the pig (for example) as the actual coin slot but yes, have a fake coin slot in the normal place on the back/bottom/inverted top of it xD

[lycoris3]

cool, maybe i should do that for my whole room :D

[stevoman97]

But how would you get the money out if the pig were glued to the shelf?

[chikid68]

just use plastic flowers and a cheap vase and some "liquid Glass" aka sodium silicate it is available at most shipping supply houses and many pharmacies. Pour it slowly in the vase to avoid bubbles and allow it to start setting and just push the flowers into it or you could just put the flowers in the vase and then pour

[Rishnai]

"Sodium silicate". Got it, thanks!

[chikid68]

no prob

[gamemasterful]

Hot glue might also work for the water but probably wouldn't be as clear. It would depend on the specific type of hotglue I'm guessing.

[shkare i ljepilo]

COOL .....

[WIMONMAS]

I THINK IT'S COOL. NICE AND VERY EASY TO DO.

[ReCreate]

YA I THINK SO TOO BUT CAPS LOCK IS NOT ALWAYS NECESSARY

[Yerboogieman]

THATS REALLY ANNOYING, TAKE YOUR CAPS LOCK OFF PLEASE.

[KEYBOARDISBROKEN]

isnt that a bit hypocritical?

[bassclarinet23]

That's the point.

[Yerboogieman]

Kinda, yeah.

[Fashim]

Lol Agreed.

[WIMONMAS]

O.K. Friends, I'm so sorry that my CAPLOCK annoyed lots of people so I decide to reply after waiting for all of this to stop laterally but it seems not. I have to explain to you all that english is not my first language and I rarely use them in my real life but I really love this website and often lock in when I have time. I know that there must be some mistake again if I put any comment here and hope you will ignor them cause I never mean to. thanks,

[KEYBOARDISBROKEN]

thats ok- my keyboard has been working perfectly the whole time; its just that *picks up megaphone* I LIKE USING CAPITALS BECAUSE I FIND ANNOYING PEOPLE REALLY FUNNY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! btw- your english is fine

[bassclarinet23]

BUT WHEN YOU TYPE IN CAPS LOCK, IT ISN'T PROPER GRAMMAR, IT SEEMS LIKE YOUR YELLING, AND THERE IS REALLY NO EMPHASIS ON SPECIFIC WORDS OR PHRASES. WHAT'S THE PURPOSE? IT DOESN'T EVEN REALLY LOOK THAT COOL...

[KEYBOARDISBROKEN]

Whenever i read CAPS lock- THE LITTLE VOICE IN MY HEAD SHOUTS!!!!

[bassclarinet23]

Oh, so you hear the little voice too? :)

[Yerboogieman]

Also, I find boxing funny. So i do it all the time with my friend in the middle of crowds and halls in school.

[bassclarinet23]

Oh, the cops at my school would be all over us. :)

[Fashim]

Lol

[pyro-jim]

When you say fine I take it you mean readable because it most certainly isn't correct English (no offence WIMONMAS)

[Eru Ryuzaki]

His/ her English is understandable. There are a few grammar errors, but certainly better than many native speakers these days.

[KEYBOARDISBROKEN]

a lot better then the people i usually talk to (some spell 'next' as 'necks')

[macmaniac]

I was once asked how to spell 'HIV'. srsly.

[Fashim]

Lol

[Eru Ryuzaki]

It's 'than' not 'then' :P 'Than' is used to compare, 'then' shows a location in time.

[allthegoodnamesaretaken]

 cool

[briankangaroo]

 You ROK! : )

[KEYBOARDISBROKEN]

there goes Mr. pedantic....

[Eru Ryuzaki]

I would rather you learn the differance and use them correctly than to end up in a situation where that mistake would make you look like a simpleton.

[mirre]

difference*

[Eru Ryuzaki]

 Thank you.

[KEYBOARDISBROKEN]

ah- thanks =)

(spell checker doesnt pick up those typo's.)

(actually my spell checker dosent help at all- i mistyped 'very' as 'vray'
the suggestion was 'Beltegeuse' !!!)

[Eru Ryuzaki]

Yeah, its considered a grammar error. I wish they had a grammar check. Really 'vray' was suggested to be 'betlegeuse'?

[KEYBOARDISBROKEN]

thats just the tip of the iceberg. i can keep clicking and it'll go through half the dictionary before it guesses the right one...

[sideshowoddity]

OMG, Hilarious!

[j626no]

not hypocritical in the least bit. merely showing how irritating it is.

[Warlrosity]

Stop yelling! Your giving me a headache!LA LA LA LA How do you like it?

[Yerboogieman]

A little late.

[KEYBOARDISBROKEN]

so telling someone not to use caps lock while using it yourself isnt hypocritical then?? did your IQ test come back negative?

[=SMART=]

haha iq=negative Nice one :P

[j626no]

I'm sorry. You're correct, it is hypocritical, but you were pointing out the obvious. But me stating that it was "not hypocritical in the least bit. merely showing how irritating it is" was intended to show reciprocity on WIMONMAS. As WIMONMAS had offended _Ko0LaiD_ with his or her actions, _Ko0Laid_ was reciprocating the irritation. It is this principal that legal systems relied on for a long time, and albeit they are not considered politically correct in today's society, this is the principal that modern correctional prison facilities are founded upon. Now if you wanted to think of the legal system as hypocrisy you could, but that's an ignorant decision on your part.

[ixisuprflyixi]

I think there is NOTHING more hypocritical than the legal system itself, speaking philosophically of course. Although, I do not see what is so annoying about caps lock. The characters themselves are only slightly discernable from a normal font. Peculiar what irritates some people.

[navintzac]

It is irony, if somewhat poorly applied. Be excellent to each other!

[porcupinemamma]

The caps may be on because the writer has a visual impairment. I know computer ettiquete states that capital words imply yelling, but the person may not know it. Explaining gently would be kinder. This is a "be nice community"

[blueninja33]

And 1 point from me.

[DesignerUserName]

2 Points!

[puffyfluff]

3.

[DesignerUserName]

Rabid squirrel icon?

[puffyfluff]

It's meant to be a really hyper squirrel with coffee.

[hellstudios]

Lol, late reply.

[thinker]

sort of Foamy-esque
(illwillpress.com)
=p
used to go on that webby all the time
not been on it in over a year now xD

[DesignerUserName]

I love Foamy!!

[yourface101]

foamy pwns! gold star 4 u!

[DesignerUserName]

Ah, that's pretty sweet.

[puffyfluff]

Thanks.

[Bradlez92]

it IS really neat, but very impractical. itd be better as art, instead of a useful book shelf. it could take only so many... still cool though no doubt bout that

[Keeter]

I would like to see a version with two stacks of books, meaning another row on top of those books (or, below them, depending on how you look at it :P ). Not on top of the shelf, but floating below those books. I'm guessing you'd just have to double up on straps, and make the lengths compensate for the books above them, but I'm curious as to how secure it would be.

[mmelville3]

This is why this site is so great. This is a perfectly respectable and creative idea.

[porcupinemamma]

What a fun idea! Thanks for sharing

[duffman229]

nice!!!

[thinker]

this is ACE<br/>i can effectively double the amount of books i can have on my shelf by adding books Underneath its as Well!!!<br/>ahaha<br/>if i combind this with the "invisible shelf" somehow, it would end up looking just like a mass of books hovering in mid-air!!<br/>=O<br/>

[csalzman]

Genius idea thinker! For some reason when I looked at this project I didn't even think that you could also put books on top of the shelf.

[gizmondo]

I see you have Cory Doctorow's 'Little Brother' good book.

[shikaku]

in this pic you cant even see the strap holding up the end book. i didnt see a way to do that, did i miss something?

[fungus amungus]

Look at step 4. The strap goes inside one of the covers.

[shikaku]

oops. sorry. wasnt looking closely enough i guess. this is a great idea btw!

[fungus amungus]

Thanks. Glad you like it.