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So this post is not a specific DIY-follow-along-with-every-step kinda post, but instead its more of I-hope-I-can-inspire-you-to-think-outside-the-box type. Basically, youre not going to have the same shelving or the same scenario as I, but hopefully with my show-and-tell youll be pushed (in a nice way of course) to fix something thats been buggin you or somehow have an ah-ha moment.
Confused? nevermind Im in a silly mood, so lets just begin.
So the famous (well in my nutty mind since theyve been pinned over 135,000 times) painted laminate bookcases got moved once twenty-thirteen hit. Theyre in the same room (which I will be sharing soon), but instead of being separate as they once were, now they are together side-by-side. And boy, do I love the look!
In my mind, I envisioned a built-in look once the bookcases were next to each other. BUT, with any house and any piece of furniture, 99.9999% of the time there is some unevenness (ie: worn wood flooring, warped furniture, etc). The result for me when the bookcases came together was that the bottom mouldings aligned perfectly (well almost), but the tops were really off.
See what I mean
Heres the fix.
Using my handy-dandy drill (love this tool)
and (1) flat head 2 long screw with nut,
I drilled through the side of the ONE BOOKSHELF (not both).
Once I drilled through the side of the first bookcase, then I pulled the other one in position so the top moulding was perfectly aligned next to it.
THEN I drilled through the second bookcase side. Once that was complete, which only took seconds to do, I put the screw through one side and tightened the nut on the other side.
Super Simple!
Literally, this took me from start to finish, 5 minutes max.
Once it was done, I had a few changes to make.
I have to be honest with you though, since I styled my bookshelves last year, not much has changed. They still make me smile. The change I made was I added two pictures to the face frame where the two bookshelves meet.
I added a nail and hung them up
Im so happy that the look of a library, with two cheap-o bookcases, has been created. And this quick and easy fix of aligning the mouldings has helped tremendously.
Via: A Quick and Easy Fix For Unaligned Bookshelves (and Furniture)
