{"id":144,"date":"2012-07-03T02:40:53","date_gmt":"2012-07-03T02:40:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.50.22\/index.php\/2012\/07\/03\/floating-book-shelf\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T21:00:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T01:00:32","slug":"floating-book-shelf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smegnl.medina.oh.us\/?p=144","title":{"rendered":"Floating Book Shelf"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My oldest daughter needed some more room for books. She wanted a floating book shelf. So I made one.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3113\" src=\"https:\/\/smegnl.medina.oh.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DSCN0472.jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smegnl.medina.oh.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DSCN0472.jpg.webp 500w, https:\/\/smegnl.medina.oh.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DSCN0472.jpg-100x65.webp 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><br \/>\nI got a book from Goodwill. A 5&#8243; L bracket from home depot. A pack of wood screws. I had the hot glue gun. You could use any type of glue.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3116\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3116\" class=\"wp-image-3116 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/smegnl.medina.oh.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DSCN0473.jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smegnl.medina.oh.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DSCN0473.jpg.webp 500w, https:\/\/smegnl.medina.oh.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DSCN0473.jpg-100x86.webp 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3116\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Trace around the L bracket<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3119\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3119\" class=\"wp-image-3119 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/smegnl.medina.oh.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DSCN0476.jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smegnl.medina.oh.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DSCN0476.jpg.webp 500w, https:\/\/smegnl.medina.oh.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DSCN0476.jpg-100x83.webp 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3119\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cut a grove just deep enough for the L bracket<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3122\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3122\" class=\"wp-image-3122 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/smegnl.medina.oh.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DSCN0477.jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smegnl.medina.oh.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DSCN0477.jpg.webp 500w, https:\/\/smegnl.medina.oh.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DSCN0477.jpg-100x73.webp 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3122\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screw the bracket in place. Put some screws thru the pages to hold them together.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3125\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3125\" class=\"wp-image-3125 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/smegnl.medina.oh.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DSCN0478.jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smegnl.medina.oh.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DSCN0478.jpg.webp 500w, https:\/\/smegnl.medina.oh.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DSCN0478.jpg-100x74.webp 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3125\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Put some glue on the cover and close up the book.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3128\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3128\" class=\"wp-image-3128 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/smegnl.medina.oh.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DSCN0479.jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smegnl.medina.oh.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DSCN0479.jpg.webp 500w, https:\/\/smegnl.medina.oh.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DSCN0479.jpg-100x95.webp 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3128\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mount the book to the wall. Make sure to mount it into a stud.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Now just stack your books ontop of it and your all done!!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3137\" src=\"https:\/\/smegnl.medina.oh.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DSCN0482.jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smegnl.medina.oh.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DSCN0482.jpg.webp 500w, https:\/\/smegnl.medina.oh.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DSCN0482.jpg-100x84.webp 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3131\" src=\"https:\/\/smegnl.medina.oh.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DSCN0480.jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smegnl.medina.oh.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DSCN0480.jpg.webp 500w, https:\/\/smegnl.medina.oh.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DSCN0480.jpg-100x86.webp 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3134\" src=\"https:\/\/smegnl.medina.oh.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DSCN0481.jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smegnl.medina.oh.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DSCN0481.jpg.webp 500w, https:\/\/smegnl.medina.oh.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DSCN0481.jpg-100x100.webp 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My oldest daughter needed some more room for books. She wanted a floating book shelf. So I made one. I got a book from Goodwill. A 5&#8243; L bracket from home depot. A pack of wood screws. I had the hot glue gun. You could use any type of glue. Now just stack your books [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3134,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-figured-it-out"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smegnl.medina.oh.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smegnl.medina.oh.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smegnl.medina.oh.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smegnl.medina.oh.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smegnl.medina.oh.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/smegnl.medina.oh.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smegnl.medina.oh.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smegnl.medina.oh.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smegnl.medina.oh.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smegnl.medina.oh.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}