An unusual shelf for books can decorate your home and cause surprise or interest of guests in a seemingly ordinary thing. Moreover, the shelf is not decorative, it really allows you to store books at the same time, periodically taking them out for reading.
Materials and tools:
-wooden plank
-pair brackets
self-tapping screws
furniture stapler
-drill \ screwdriver
- elastic straps or strong elastic fabric
glue gun
A detailed description of the inverted bookshelf manufacturing process:
Step one: necessary measurements.
First you need to clarify what the author means by elasticity of the straps. This means that they should be stretched by at least 200% and at the same time be strong enough not to sag under the weight of the books, but rather draw them tightly to the surface of the shelf. This property is very important for creating the desired effect of the illusion of an inverted shelf.
Then measurements were taken of the average length and width of the books, which will be fixed on this shelf. With an average book width of 2.5 cm, the length of the required webbing was about 35 cm.
After that, the author cut the required number of straps of the required length.
Step Two: Attaching the Straps to the Shelf
Further received in the straps are attached to the shelf using a conventional furniture stapler. Such a mount is quite reliable and in case of an error it is easy to redo it without causing severe harm to the appearance of the shelf.
Step Three: Testing
After installing the straps, you need to test: see if the straps sag too much under the weight of the books, how convenient it is to fasten the books in such straps, etc. If something does not suit you, then you can correct the result by shortening or lengthening the straps. Since they are fixed on a construction stapler, the alteration will not take much time.
Step Four: Wall Mount
After testing, you can begin to fix the resulting shelf on the wall. The author decided to attach the shelf to the brackets, and decided to place them above the shelf, so that it would be more convenient to outweigh it if the chosen place of fastening of the shelf does not suit something. If you think that the chosen place for mounting the shelf is ideal, then it may be worthwhile to attach the shelf so that the brackets are at the bottom. This will allow you to use the top surface as a regular shelf.
This optical trick not only brings unusualness to your home, but also allows you to use the shelf for maximum efficiency.
