Another Yesterdecade project... stuff...

[Stick486]

A room divider done in oak and aspen..
this went w/ the stairs/entry way..
It's all plank, no ply and the carcass interior is lit..
the top of the divider got a 6" crown wrap (the whole house as well) and puck lights added

this is something else that got painted...
the HO came home and went ballistic..
He made his GF pay for another one...
she also had to pay to have me replace all of the 6" oak crown in the rest of the house and stair's balusters..
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[DimitriM]

Hi Stick,
it looks very nice and neat, aesthetically dividing the stairwell from the room (landing?) and practically able to enclose a world of books and paraphernalia. Not much art, but a lot of functionality and austerity of forms.
Technically, it is a lattice of shelves and columns which is stable because of the way the shelves are joined with the columns, as there is no back panel to keep the corners right angled. So, the juice question is How, Dear Stick, did you join the shelves to the columns? Are all shelves fixed or are they adjustable? Is there a posterior lip on the upper surface of every shelf to keep the inevitable book from bεing pushed down the gorge of the stairwell?
I would very much appreciate a detail photo of the joint between upper shelf and column, to see the details.
Very good job, very well designed and executed !!!

[Stick486]

did you join the shelves to the columns? Are all shelves fixed or are they adjustable?

no, they are adjustable... used standard shelf pins...
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Is there a posterior lip on the upper surface of every shelf

yes w/ stiles on the columns and the underside of the shelf's front for stiffening..
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the columns are fixed to the ceiling...
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[old55]

Welcome to the forum @DimitriM you will know a lot of members here. Enjoy the forum.

[Jon]

Appreciated the comments about "painting " and the HO's approach was bang on. A fellow woodworker went to great links to build an arbor out of old growth cedar for a beach wedding at the request of his son. The bride, painted the arbor. Well, they are still in the will but it took a long time to recover from that one.

[DimitriM]

Welcome to the forum @DimitriM you will know a lot of members here. Enjoy the forum.

thank you Old55

[DimitriM]

My next question, Stick, is how did you fix the stiles to the ceiling and lower surface without anything showing? Even with absolutely parallel surfaces
(almost never ever in Greece, the way we mortar the walls and ceilings) we need to leave some space to slide the stile in place, and there HAS to be some kind of hooks to hold it in place (earthquake area where I live). Please elaborate !!!

[Stick486]

how did you fix the stiles to the ceiling and lower surface without anything showing?

went up into the attic and installed cat blocks (nailers)..
put pocket holes in the edges of the columns..
screwed the columns to the ceiling...
covered the pocket holes w/ the stiles...
the stiles have shallow fitted grooves/dadoes to the columns, are DS taped and 23 gauge pinned into place...

with absolutely parallel surfaces

I'm not sure of the question...

we need to leave some space to slide the stile in place,

I did leave a little bit of space very little... 1/8", maybe, (3MM)...
the columns were fixed to the ceiling...
(the carcass and base are independent)...
raised the carcass to the columns w/ shims between the base and the carcass...
plumbed and then fixed the columns to the carcass from the underside w/ screws..
fixed the carcass to the base w/ screws and filled the holes...
vinyled the inside of the carcass box...

[DimitriM]

thank you Stick, a multi-layer construction solves the problem in many ways, I thought everything was single-piece