Completed Cabinets

After far too long in the workshop, I finally got a few of the cabinets I've been working on upstairs into my office:

You can see part of the reason for building more storage space . . . it took me half an hour to clear out enough space to bring the smaller cabinet in to my office!

Getting the larger, taller upper cabinet upstairs took a bit of careful maneuvering: Victor's help was very necessary.

The regular bookcases are much easier to move (being smaller). This one has two movable shelves (the shelves in the corner cabinets are fixed in place). I'm already suspecting that that'll be one shelf too many.

The upper bookcase to sit on top of this one isn't quite ready to come upstairs — the case is ready, but the adjustable shelves are still in a state of unreadiness:

Yeah, I cheat on these: 3/4" plywood with hardwood edging. There's no good reason to use solid wood for office bookshelves, in my opinion anyway.

The upper cabinet will be secured to the wall with a French cleat, to ensure that there's no risk of the tall cabinet tipping over (books can become dangerous objects if the bookcase tips forward). We're not in an earthquake-prone area, but it's just silly to take a risk that's so easy to avoid. The linked article talks about actually hanging the cabinet from the cleat, but as I'm just going to be using it to prevent a tip, 3/4" material will be sufficiently strong.