How to Install Classic Floor to Ceiling Bookcase

Tuesday, June 30th 2015. | Interior Design

Floor to ceiling bookcase becomes a part of your small library to think over. There are some recommended floor styles to apply there like minimalist, modern and classic. Those have strengths and weaknesses. One of great floor to ceiling bookcase styles is classic one. These are some steps to help you in remodeling bookcase using that style.

Measuring Your Bookcase Location

The first step is measurement. Try to measure the bookcase location. It is great to read a meter of width and height of bookcase walls. It considers the location of all book displays, ventilation, and switch. Those are influencing the result of your classic bookcase style. You need to modify those bookcase parts in order to look more classical. The center area of bookcase is 6 meter to the deep area. Meanwhile, the width of bookcase is two times of those measurements. It has to determine the focus point of bookcase by giving symmetry spots. But, this design is not working well yet to apply in your bedroom. It can make it look full and crowded. It is suggested to provide an empty room at home. It means that it is a special room for the bookcase. Before measuring it, it is better to check materials and width also height. It is useful to have the proper measurement.

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When you have a plan to implement classic style for bookcase, it needs to consider electricity source and air ventilation. It is beneficial to light and make fresh the bookcase area. The classic bookcase floor should be supported by bar stairs around the bookcase. It has to check the condition of floors and walls in the bookcase. If you decide to establish stairs in your classical bookcase, it gets you realize that it can waste time for some weeks. It should not get slow your remodeling activity of bookcase floor. The ultimate choice of classic style is hardwood flooring. It really represents the classic impression. But, if you have carpet flooring, it seems to be right for replacing the choice of hardwood flooring. It gives a warm situation during reading books in the bookcase. It is a design of floor to ceiling bookcase.

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Cutting Solid Wood

The next step is cutting hardwood wood. It is important to find the best quality of wood. This is able to use for longer time so that it minimizes much budget to remodel your bookcase for later. Try to cut the wood based on the size of bookcase. It must be able to cover bookcase ceilings so that it looks perfect. It is allowed selecting solid wood; it is useful to be able in making some designs and decoration. You may make engraving decoration and motifs to floor to ceiling bookcase. This is a great option of ceiling bookcase motif because it is able to accentuate classical impression. You may take the design of engraving from internet and furniture stores.

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Building a Standard of Bookcase Ceiling

The last step is establishing a standard of bookcase ceiling. The standard here means that it needs to take proper steps in installing floor to ceiling bookcase. This is categorized to be the final step of renovating classical ceiling bookcase in the house. To be able to design and apply the right standard of installation, it needs to fulfill two previous steps. They are measuring and cutting the wood. It is because solid wood becomes the main choice of classical style. It is essential to determine the perfect size. Before it is installed on the bookcase ceilings, you may add some color paint choices. To boost the classical impression, brown, red, and black colors are the recommended one. Those look nice and vintage to adorn your bookcase ceiling.

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