[masraum]

I have had a request come down from on high to build bookshelves onto a wall in a room. I've done a couple of others. They've always been out of premium (no knots) 1" pine. I've always used dados to support the shelves. This time, I'd like to do something a bit different. I've seen (pictures, TV) lots of stuff where the shelves and/or uprights looked thick, like 1.5-3" thick. How would you accomplish that? I suppose I could basically just glue the boards X2 and then make sure that the front face is smooth (cut/sand). Is there a better way. In some of the stuff that I've seen online, it looks like they've just used 1x2" pressboard on the edge to give the appearance of a thicker piece. That has also allowed the use of 1x2" supports for the shelves rather than dados. I'm just not sure that won't look too home made.