Living Room Bookcases

The carcasses for the living room bookcases are complete and temporarily lined up against the wall in the workshop. This is a big project. There are 4 sections that are each 36" wide, 12" deep and all of the units are 7' 6" tall. The carcasses are made of 3/4 in birch faced plywood. I've prestained each of the sections in cherry to avoid glue run out problems as I assemble them. The next step is to build the face frame and start construction on the raised panel doors for the base of the 2 center units. Just as soon as I can, I'll post a picture of the progress so far.

The face frame will be poplar. Once again I will stain the wood cherry before final assembly. Right now, I'm giving a good deal of thought to how I am going to cut the crown moulding for the top of the units. In particular, I am trying to figure out how to cut the cove curve into the crown moulding. I'm going to try to cut it on the table saw. I'll keep you posted.