Bookshelf Progress

I mentioned earlier about the bookshelves Doug is working on as a side job. Some have asked what they are going to look like. This is a really, really rough drawing, but it will be something like this:
The bookshelves serve as a divider between a very open living room and a big dining room. The bookshelves will be only "half" walls that come from each wall halfway out into the room, allowing a "doorway" between them. The only thing on the upper half will be a pillar on the end of each shelf. Also, because they are in archway between two rooms, both sides of the bookshelves will be visible. One side will be bookshelves, the other side will be the back panels.

I think that Diane (the homeowner) did an amazing job designing and placing these....when they are complete they will make both rooms look awesome.

Doug has been working a ton on these. I wanted to post some recent pictures of how they look. Check it out...

This first one was taken over the weekend when he was gluing them up and had them all clamped together while they dried. This is a view of the back of both sections. The inside panels are already stained, but the outside trim had not been stained yet.

This was taken this morning. The trim has all been stained now on one section and he is working on the second.
The unstained portion facing the camera in this picture will be the side against the wall.
This is the view of the other side of the same shelf...thie is the side that will actually have shelves in it.

Pretty cool, huh? I think he's doing a great job. :)