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On the steel rod/wood shelves:

Interesting idea. Cool thought for your home. It does look as nice as some Ikea or other home store product.
Clever use of stuff. I think this would be cool with glass shelving instead of wood. (You'd have to use a special bit to drill the holes.)

But... I can look at this and, owning nothing but a drill, easily make it for myself in about an hour, after shopping for an hour at Home Depot. I guess maybe a younger crowd, where no one has a friend who owns a drill, might buy this at Ikea rather than go to the trouble?

I would say to try to sell this plan to a DIY magazine or website, where they publish such plans. People would go, "Oh, I can make that!" and buy the magazine to get exact measurements and such. (Though, as I said, a quick glance tells me all I need to know, and I can adjust the measurements to my home.)

Good luck!

I like the industrial design and aesthetics of it but, why would anyone pay an extra $250 - $500 for it pre-assembled. For that money, I'd figure it out myself. Hell, I could even pay someone $100 to do it for me.

$250 - $500? Seriously?

For what looks like 48 galvanized nuts, 64 galvanized washers, 4 threaded rods and about 24 feet of finished wood? Ummm, sorry, no. That's maybe $50 to $60 in materials plus some time measuring, cutting, sanding and staining and about 30 minutes of assembly (lots of nuts to adjust along the threaded rods). A fine DIY project but not worth the money he's thinking about.

Dormroom chic at best.

I like it. And I'm sure the price could be much MUCH lower. Or much higher, depending on materials used.

Finally, a place for the TALL books. Or plants. Or a lamp.

Mix up the shelves...glass over wood, or several wood types used. Although I wouldn't want to have to dust between the narrow area.

I think it could make for a nice television/entertainment center too, keeping the electronics in the center, while having room for other goodies off to the sides.

This was in "Living with Books," a New York Times book published in 1968. We made it then and it is now in our garage after holding books for many years.

I gave it one star because the extra wood is a waste. As a book lover I would want to use the extra wood as a shelf not decoration.

I wanted to give it three stars because it's simple and clean but the price just threw me off.

I like the industrial look to it, but for the materials, the price tag is WAY too high. This is a $100-$150 shelving unit at best. I mean, it's design isn't THAT radical to warrant the price.

Plus, doesn't cantilevering require more than, oh, 30% of the object to be away from the support. This is more of "hanging over" than cantilever.

Love the book case by Scott Wilson.

Grad school budget would require something cheaper than oak and only one layer of wood per shelf. Design wise? I give it a 3. Price wise? 1

you could make this from home depot supplies. the finish on the metal of the hardware looks like cheapy plated steel.