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Infill panels up around door and window area and got the reading lights with "dummy" fittings wired in (plan is to have wingback chairs in the window area but have prewired an extra socket in case we opt for electric recliner)

Short holiday slowed me down a bit but second wall main carcasses/desk complete. MR MDF infill panels tomorrow then can hit the face frame

It's forming part of a larger built-in library i.e. I'm abolishing freedom of movement ;):)

Thank you all, some cracking tips to digest. Think I'll do some test/mockups and see what I find works best👌

Ooh I like that

Possibly not, first time doing this. I was thinking to fix bottom and top mostly due to their height, the shelf/bookcase carcass will be 1.6m so was thinking at that size to do both. Essentially each vertical will be 36mm (2x18mm) ie very solid and when glued down are super unlikely to move but...

You've given me an idea. Could possibly make the lowest shelf a "base" a couple inches off the bottom, use L brackets underneath to attach to the desk, and cover the whole thing with the same 45mm face frame I'm using for the verticals.

Good morning! Diagram below, essentially putting shelving units on each side of a built-in desk. My intention is to line up the sides of the units with the sides of the desk i.e. not possible to screw up from underneath. I'm thinking loose dowels & wood glue might work to stop the bottoms from...

Quick update, main wall carcasses secured in position. Have made the sides of the top boxes purposefully high to give support for coving (will add face frame before which will give it greater horizontal support too)

Adding a pic of the cross grain cut after using the Makita score function. Very impressive and don't know how I lived without it. Goodbye tear-out

Oh and after having the Makita plunge saw for over a year, I finally discovered it has a 1mm reverse score function. Now I can stop adding decorators tape 😂

Bookcase no2 ready to get into position. Cut outs for one 2-gang socket (mains power) and one 1-gang socket (speaker/audio plate to connect left and right bookcase speakers). Getting a lot more comfortable with the domino, general alignment is a breeze now. The only thing I'm suffering from is...

If I'm being honest with myself I would say that's probably out of my comfort zone, would be terrified of bodging it (more than it already is). Current plan is adapt around it with filler panels and face frames.

I like that idea. The problem I've got is, well it's a travesty really, the previous owners had a built-in cupboard installed in that corner... The installer thought it would look awesome if they cut around a 100 year old mantelpiece to fit their unit🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️ so I'm basically forced into...

Alright let's put a line through this divergence, don't want this to turn into a fight over the merits of books on display 😂 If you don't like books displayed I'd highly recommend not clicking on a thread titled "Home library"

Oh gosh no.

Thanks! Basically will have 4 main towers then on another wall have a desk/bookcase combo to make. Starting to pick up speed, only glue + clamp time slowing me down, second carcass ready to assemble tomorrow. Used the back to square everything up. Chimney breast is well off level, I knew this...

She's underway... Took longer than I care to admit to dial in the plinth alignment. Because the bookcase will meet over the window I had to not only ensure the individual plinths were level but same height as each other (which across an old warped floor was a bit of fun) In the end I...

Ah missed these latest posts, will have to add more bearings to my next order. Went for the edge bead AND chamfer bits as both will be of future use and gives me a chance to have a play around to see which finish I prefer on this particular project

Spot on