Collection 05
Shelving & Bookcases
Two figures sort every case on this shelf. Take the overall height, divide by the tier count, and you have the clear space per shelf, which decides whether a hardback stands upright or goes on its side. The tall units reach seventy inches. The arched and corner ones give up a little of that height in exchange for a shape that fits where a rectangle will not.
15 pieces in this collection. Every card leads with the height and the tier or drawer count.
Working notes: Measure Before You Fall in Love: The Four Numbers That Decide a Piece and Anchored, Shaded and Standing: The Steps Nobody Photographs.
Bookshelves
11 pieces
The rest of the collection
4 pieces
Anything here that stands on the floor with drawers, doors or shelves belongs anchored to the wall. The consumer safety commission launched its anchoring campaign in 2015 and reported ten years later that tip-over injuries and deaths had fallen by nearly half; the instruction behind that number is the one sentence above. An anchoring kit ships in the carton, the job takes about ten minutes with a drill and a stud finder, and it is the last step of the build rather than an optional extra. The guidance behind that, with the date we read it, sits on our updates page.
The rest of inside
Everything here is measured against a wall, a doorway or a stud, and lives where the floor is level and the light is yours to choose.