DIY Bookshelf Ideas You Can Make This Weekend (Plus, a Few Magazine Racks)

Reclaimed wood is combined with galvanized metal pipes to create this easy-to-build bookshelf. To make it easy on yourself, have the wood precut at the lumberyard and use standard-size pipes and flanges. This way, all you’ll have to do is stain or paint the wood, attach the flanges and then assemble.

For low-budget book storage and display space, upcycle an old wooden ladder. We added ½” plywood across the ladder rungs then refinished the entire piece in pretty blue chalk paint.

A standard bookcase is given some celestial customization with cloud-shaped nameplates placed on the front of each shelf.

Easy and inexpensive, this modern open shelf is made using a single 12 inch x 48 inch board. Make it today and use it as your couch-side catch-all to keep books and magazines organized and within reach.