In June 2020, a few months after building Blair’s Books, I built a pair of plywood bookcases. I had gotten a circular saw for my birthday, and it was my first time building something at home.

They replaced a pair of laminate wood bookcases in my bedroom.

I built them to be a few inches narrower than the previous bookcases, to give more elbow room to the reading chair beside them. I also integrated a reading light for the chair into the bookcase.