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Home Office Bookshelf

Home office bookshelf made from ½" birch plywood and ¾" poplar. The poplar faceframe and top conceal plywood edge grain. Shelves are set in ¼" dados routed into the sides with a rabbeted bottom.

Sanded and primed with Killz3, then topcoated with Benjamin Moore Advance in Black Forest Green. Applied finish with an airless paint sprayer for the first time—achieved excellent results on the exterior. Completed August 2021.

Bookshelf under construction in the workshop with yellow clamps holding the poplar top in place, showing bare birch plywood sides and dadoed shelf construction
Bookshelf under construction in the workshop with yellow clamps holding the poplar top in place, showing bare birch plywood sides and dadoed shelf construction
Front view of the unfinished bookshelf showing the poplar faceframe, four dadoed shelves, and natural wood grain of the birch plywood
Front view of the unfinished bookshelf showing the poplar faceframe, four dadoed shelves, and natural wood grain of the birch plywood
Bookshelf after priming with Killz3, showing the gray primer coat before the final Benjamin Moore topcoat was applied
Bookshelf after priming with Killz3, showing the gray primer coat before the final Benjamin Moore topcoat was applied
Completed bookshelf installed in the home office, finished in Benjamin Moore Advance Black Forest Green paint that matches the wall color
Completed bookshelf installed in the home office, finished in Benjamin Moore Advance Black Forest Green paint that matches the wall color