Posts in project: airy-bookshelf-diy
DONE! Airy Bookshelf DIY Final Results!
I started this project to learn basic woodworking skills to make furniture and wooden house projects. Like many woodworkers starting out, I wanted to do a...
How to Apply Wood Wax to Finish the Airy Bookshelf DIY
Bookshelf woodworking isn’t all about the wood, it’s also about the finish! I’ll show you how to apply finish to the Airy Bookshelf DIY, and how to align ...
Chamfering and Sanding for the Airy Bookshelf DIY
Learning how to build furniture, and trying to become a better woodworker, has been very rewarding! I’ve been able to learn so much to complete projects l...
Drilling Holes for Dowel Pins with the Dowelmax
To build a bookshelf with dowel joinery, or use dowels for joinery to make furniture in general, it requires planning and precision to get the strongest j...
Cut the Wood to Make Your Own Bookshelf!
Time to cut the wood for this DIY bookshelf! This has been a long time coming, but it’s FINALLY time to cut all the wood for the brackets. We have a plan....
Bookshelves DIY Experiment Results!
The Bookshelves DIY experiments are complete! At least, they will be… I’m going to review the results from last time, and then redo some of the experiment...
Bookshelves DIY Experiment Day!
Time again to learn basic woodworking skills with some experimentation 
I’ll be using the new Dowelmax, applying whitewash to wood (but modern
loo...
ACTUALLY Milling the Bookshelf Wood
It is time! 
I know exactly what we want to do with the
bookshelf, I’ve inadvertently practiced milling on wood that I now can’t
use, and ...
Final Bookshelf Plan Change I SWEAR!
Despite the fact that we lived with the mockup for a few weeks and decided it was good, after milling up the wood, we realized that the bookshelf would lo...
Milling the Bookshelf's Main Wood
After living with the bookshelf mockup for a few days—weeks
—we’re pretty pleased with it! I’m going to move forward with the
plan and get al...
Building a Large Bookshelf Mockup
*Checks watch* 
IT’S BEEN A MONTH SINCE MY LAST POST! 
Finally time to start getting this bookshelf project off the ground! I’m going
to ...
Visiting the Lumberyard
My second time ever visiting a lumberyard, but my first time purchasing wood there for a project! I’m excited that I’ll be able to pick out some wood with...
Console Bookshelf Planning
My most substantial woodworking project to date! A wall-to-wall bookshelf that will also double as our TV and game console stand—and I’m sure we’ll find s...