From: "Madeleine Yeh" <myeh at wap.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Book shelves and cases
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 16:14:47 -0400
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

On Thu, 20 Oct 2005 12:17:13 -0700 (PDT)
  Michael Nelson <nelson_mr at yahoo.com> wrote:
> --- Madeleine Yeh <myeh at wap.org> wrote:
>
>>    What is everyone's ideal book storage solution -- not
>> whats practical like block and boards -- but what they
>> would like if they had money and space and time?
>
> I would go to Hardwood Artisans in Chantilly, VA (three
> other locations in Rockville, Alexandria, and
>Woodbridge)
> and have them build some cherry or mahogany bookcases.
>
> http://www.hardwoodartisans.com/hobc_2.html

    Beautiful stuff -- I like the hutch

>
> I just priced a basic 6-foot high by 4-foot wide
>bookcase
> with eight shelves set 8 inches apart for paperback
>books.
> Nine 1" x 6" x 4' pine boards for the horizonial pieces
>and
> three 1" x 6" x 6' pine boards -- two for the sides with
> one in back to prevent the shelves from sagging.  At the
> current prices at Lowes, one pine bookcase would cost
> about $90 if you already had the tools you would need.

    Don't forget paint and hardware.