Floating Book Wall

Ronja Lotte
by Ronja Lotte
$80-90
6 Weeks
Medium
6 weeks, 63 second-hand books, 126 angle brackets, 138 dowels, 504 screws and 2 tubes of glue - if I would have calculated these numbers in advance, I would have never started this project. Luckily I was too lazy for math and later too stubborn to give up and now I have this beautiful floating book wall.
Finished book wall
A long time ago I built two small floating bookshelves.
For my book wall, I now built row upon row of these floating shelves side by side. More specifically, each row consists of seven floating books on which are between three and eight books stacked. I started at the bottom with the hardcover books and stacked them in a small number because they are so heavy.


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  • Judith Judith on Apr 20, 2015
    Great idea and it looks so interesting with no visible support. But, do you actually retrieve these books to read? What happens when you want one in the middle of a column? I have visions of Humpty Dumpty.
    • Ronja Lotte Ronja Lotte on Apr 21, 2015
      @Judith Yes, I can retrieve books without any problems :-) When I need a book from the middle of a column, I might have to take out six books to reach it but not more. I can live with that :-)
  • Hillela G. Hillela G. on Dec 24, 2015
    This is perfect. I'd love to try it :)
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