I saw your question regarding the Ikea Lack shelves on Apartment Therapy and followed your profile here, since you have no e-mail link, I hope you see this eventually. Unfortunately, I don't have digital pictures of my library and entertainment center made up of the shelves. However, a later commenter, "I Love Upstate" created a Lack shelf configuration which will give you a small idea of what mine is like.
My library is 13’x15' with 8' high ceilings. The room has a nearly wall length 4' high window on one 13' wall and a wall length closet and room entrance on the opposite wall. The system I designed encompasses 16 shelves, 10 on the main wall and three each on the adjacent walls. When planning out a shelving system made of Lack shelves, it's important to layout your shelving configuration ideas both on paper and on the walls with tape as Lack shelves come in two lengths, 74 3/4" and 43 1/4". Thoroughly consider the items you will be storing since their height will determine the shelf to shelf heights of your system and ultimately the number of shelves that may be hung on your wall. Plus once they’re hung, adjusting their height is a huge undertaking since changing the height of one shelf can throw off the design. The main library wall has five continuous shelf runs beginning 15" from the floor and ending 20" or so from the ceiling. Since the dimensions of my room did not permit a full corner to corner run of the shelves on one of the 15' walls, I centered the shelves on the wall. The shelving runs terminate about 20" from the corners.
If you wish to make long runs of the shelves, learning the art of careful alignment of the hanging brackets and shimming is important. Depending on the state of your walls, shimming of both the brackets and shelves themselves may be required. When done well, the individual shelves together will look like one continuous board. Creating a library of Lack shelves is challenging, but given the giant cost savings over buying units, and the clean modern style, it’s well worth the work.
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Hey Steve,
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Dear Steve (Souk1501),
I saw your question regarding the Ikea Lack shelves on Apartment Therapy and followed your profile here, since you have no e-mail link, I hope you see this eventually. Unfortunately, I don't have digital pictures of my library and entertainment center made up of the shelves. However, a later commenter, "I Love Upstate" created a Lack shelf configuration which will give you a small idea of what mine is like.
My library is 13’x15' with 8' high ceilings. The room has a nearly wall length 4' high window on one 13' wall and a wall length closet and room entrance on the opposite wall. The system I designed encompasses 16 shelves, 10 on the main wall and three each on the adjacent walls. When planning out a shelving system made of Lack shelves, it's important to layout your shelving configuration ideas both on paper and on the walls with tape as Lack shelves come in two lengths, 74 3/4" and 43 1/4". Thoroughly consider the items you will be storing since their height will determine the shelf to shelf heights of your system and ultimately the number of shelves that may be hung on your wall. Plus once they’re hung, adjusting their height is a huge undertaking since changing the height of one shelf can throw off the design. The main library wall has five continuous shelf runs beginning 15" from the floor and ending 20" or so from the ceiling. Since the dimensions of my room did not permit a full corner to corner run of the shelves on one of the 15' walls, I centered the shelves on the wall. The shelving runs terminate about 20" from the corners.
If you wish to make long runs of the shelves, learning the art of careful alignment of the hanging brackets and shimming is important. Depending on the state of your walls, shimming of both the brackets and shelves themselves may be required. When done well, the individual shelves together will look like one continuous board. Creating a library of Lack shelves is challenging, but given the giant cost savings over buying units, and the clean modern style, it’s well worth the work.
Sincerely,
John
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