Bookshelf as a rope bridge
Rope bridges are often associated withexciting adventures, extreme hikes, danger and adrenaline rush. This perception is inspired by Hollywood movies and tourist advertising about the "most dangerous places in the world". This funny rope bridge will serve as an unusual shelf for adventure books, and you will make it with your own hands.
Standard bookshelves require a dotsupports for standing books, whether it's a side panel or a wall, but the idea behind this flexible shelf is that the "relaxed" approach pushes books toward the middle, thus holding them in place. The author of this unusual DIY bookshelf idea, Ed Lewis, loves making things that are useful and, at the same time, unusual and fun. And he shares with the world detailed instructions on how to do it. To create a rope shelf, you will need:
- board or a set of wooden beams (in this example, taken from the panel Statlig Board of Ikea)
- holders or fastening elements for the shelf (here: Ekby Bjarnum from Ikea)
- cord (harness, rope, cord, elastic)
- steel washers
- saw
- drill
If you do not have ready-made bars of suitablesize, then saw the existing wooden board into equal parts. Remember the main rule: measure seven times - cut once! In particular, the author of the idea needed 2 bars 6.35 cm wide and 11 bars 5.08 cm wide. The board itself should not be very thin, at least 2 cm thick.
Next, you need to drill two holes in eacheach block. To do this, Ed Lewis used a bench drill press, which ensured that the holes on all the pieces were at the same distance. If you don't have such a tool, no problem, just measure carefully and mark the hole location with a pencil, and then drill, trying to keep the drill strictly perpendicular to the ground.
Cut two pieces of rope or cord and burn themlighter the ends to prevent unraveling, pass through the first block and tie a strong, secure knot at the ends. For added security, melt the knot a little with a lighter and glue it with the resulting adhesive mass.
Thread the cord through all the pieces of wood, using the washers as spacers.
Secure the ends of the shelf to the brackets; in this case, special holders from Ikea were used.Ready!All that's left is to find a good place for the bookshelf, attach it to the wall and relax with a sense of satisfaction after work with an exciting book, which you will, of course, put on your new rope shelf after reading!
