Wood & Custom Glass Bookcase Project: Part 1

I thought it might be fun to share an emerging project as part of the website. I’m planning to build a large bookcase in my home that will incorporate natural woods and one of a kind glass designs to demonstrate yet another way that stained and fused glass can be used to beautiful a home, office or place or of worship. I’ll be adding design ideas as I go and I’m happy to have feedback or answer questions as I work through this project. This is yet another collaboration with my brother who is an architect by trade and is always happy to offer design ideas, both practical and aesthetic. The top two shelves with the V shape in the design will be stained glass panels that are on hinges. They will be back lit and also offer additional storage.

At the start of every project many aspects need to be taken into consideration. Most importantly is what the goal of your design is and the space that you have to work with. Often customers think that they are limited in their options to be creative based only on what they have previously viewed for stained glass projects. As mentioned in other areas of the website, the options are only limited by our collective imaginations! For this project, part of my goal was to create more space for books and objects I’ve collected from my travels as an international psychologist. I have a tremendous love for books and have never quite acclimated to electronic versions of reading material. As a result, I have quite a large collection. I also had a goal to incorporate a traditional stained-glass design (which I normally don’t do). So, off we go!