Do to our book collection growing the previous bookcase I had made has become too small so I have moved it upstairs and made this new bookcase to fit in the space. After taking all the measurements I came up with a nice simple design borrowing from a few different plans that I had seen. It is Oak plywood with a solid Red Oak face frame. The shelves are 3/4" Oak plywood with an inch band of solid Red Oak on the front. I made the top cove molding and the bottom molding out of solid Red Oak, then used early American stain and three coats of satin poly. I do have to say that this one turned out a lot nicer than the first I built 4 years ago, one of the big things I did was use a prestain. I am amazed at how much more consistent the color came out.
