Help with bookshelves/case on angled wall

6 months ago

I am renovating an empty bedroom and converting it into a library. I would like to have a floor to ceiling bookshelf along one of the long walls, but the room has a coombe ceiling, so the wall goes straight up 70 inches then angles inward before it reaches the ceiling where it levels out.
I have no carpentry skills other than assembling furniture and putting up shelves, so I am at a loss for how I can accomplish the floor to ceiling bookcase along the slanted wall. I can certainly learn, but it's more of an issue of accessing tools for woodworking. The room is also small, so I prefer to take up as little floor space as possible within reason.
Trying to avoid hiring someone for this. Any advice or ideas would be appreciated!

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Patricia Colwell Consulting
6 months ago
last modified: 6 months ago
IMO take the bookshels to where the wall starts to angle that is the only way IMO or do lower ones and use the top for some nice decor Just llike this
Lyn Nielson
6 months ago
build the face frame first and then fit the shelves one by one.

lots of DIY info on u tube.
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dani_m08
6 months ago
last modified: 6 months ago
^^^^As Lyn has stated in the comment above, there are MANY DIY videos on YouTube/TikTok/Instagram + written blogs posted where you can find examples of how people handled a coombe (or coom) ceiling.

Many of the examples I found used IKEA Pax units and then altered them to fit. You could just use melamine boards or plywood (depending upon how much money you want to spend + whether you want to paint the plywood vs. just keeping the bookshelves white). Also, if you want to have adjustable shelves, there are melamine boards that are available with pre-drilled holes down the sides for shelf pins.

Many people have this type of ceiling in closets (I do) - I've researched this issue before in order to see how difficult it would be to have built-ins customized to fit the slope/angle of my ceiling (my primary closet is located over my garage - it's 18.5' x 8.5').

Here is the link to the instructions for the built-in IKEA Pax unit that was built against the sloped wall in the above two photos:

https://ikeahackers.net/2013/06/pax-built-in-for-sloping-ceiling.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Ikeahacker+(ikeahacker)&utm_content=Google+Reader

The basic "hack" involved in all of these posted photos is to cut the side walls on an angle (that divide the space into compartments - I've marked it in red in photo below) in order to be able to use more of the vertical space of the wall (vs. just fitting the bookcases under where the slope starts).

This link will take you to a IKEA Pax hack for sloped ceilings. You could use Pax units or Billy Bookcases units (the sides would need to be "hacked" by cutting them to fit the angle).

https://www.livingetc.com/news/ikea-pax-hack-for-pitched-attic-room

Finished:

During build:

Due to the ceiling slope starting pretty far down the wall, there was "extra" space left "unused" behind the unit. My closet looks to be about the same height as your bedroom. I may build a few built-in drawers + a couple access doors into the walls that would be located behind where hanging clothes will be in order to use the excess space in the eaves behind the walls.
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6 months ago
wdccruise
6 months ago
What are these three dimensions?