Build the bookcase into and around the frame.
Making a bookcase door.
Rob has come up with a super smart and super effective idea.
You can make the swinging bookcase 2in 5cm shallower than the other shelves to allow clearance behind it for when it is swung.
Also shows how to create fake books.
This hidden bookcase was build for a customer who didn t like the existing shelving.
Who wouldn t welcome more storage into their home.
We were presented with options from a small single door to full wall bookcase with one bookcase being the secret.
Making the secret bookshelf door was interesting.
Hidden door bookcase here is a great how to article with pics on this small secret bookcase door concealing a closet.
How to build your own fake bookcase to hide a secret door.
With a few tools and materials you can build your own bookcase that doubles as a secret door into a crawlspace or attic.
He shows a close up pic of the hinges pivots and the caster wheels he uses below the shelf that.
This is a cheap and easy project which anyone can do.
Note if a different size opening or bookcase in in the plans proceed the same way but ensuring that the plywood is large enough to accommodate.
When sizing it be sure to verify the clearance.
The opened bookcase will take up to 13 1 2 or more inches of the door opening.
There were so many options that i hadn t even thought of.
He also wanted a place to hide all his av equipment.