Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 00:03:19 -0400 (EDT)
From: dicconf <dicconf at radix.net>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Book shelves and cases
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

On Fri, 21 Oct 2005, Candy Madigan wrote:

[floor-to-ceiling built-in bookcases]

> That's one of our eventual plans for the "library" (back of the family
> room), but 1) I haven't designed them yet and 2) I may have to have
> professionals build them if I don't want them to look cobbled together.

Just be sure that the wood is kept in the same temperature and moisture
conditions as the room it will be in.  Terry Pratchett learned what
happens when a bookcase with shelves in routed slots, carefully built
in a cold garage, is brought into a warm room.  Around 3 A.M. the
fully-loaded shelves finished shrinking a little bit more than was
allowed for.

=Tamar