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Integrating bookshelves with window sill obstruction

🏠 homesocial problemSingle report ●●●●● severity 2/5

A DIY home renovator is unsure how to install a 12-inch deep bookshelf along a wall where a window sill is located 6 inches from the side wall, causing the shelf to butt into the sill.

Who's affected: A homeowner attempting DIY furniture installation.

⚠️ Single report. This is one person's account. We mark it so until more voices confirm it.

What people do today

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Ideas a builder, maker or community group could start on:

  1. An AR-based mobile app that allows users to scan a wall corner and visualize how different shelf notch designs or filler pieces would look before cutting.
  2. A marketplace for custom-fit furniture filler pieces or 'bridge' kits designed to transition bookshelves around common architectural obstructions like sills.
  3. A digital library of standardized DIY woodworking templates for common home geometry conflicts like window sills and baseboards.
I want to build this

Real voices

β€œThe window sill on the back wall is causing me a headache because it is 6 inches off of the side wall. If the book shelf is ~12in deep, these will butt into each other.”

Source: Stack Exchange (diy) Β· CC BY-SA 4.0, user-contributed content from Stack Exchange; summarized and modified

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