25 Awesome DIY Ideas For Bookshelves

These easy and clever bookshelves look so much cooler than anything you can buy from a store.

1. Floating Bracket Bookshelves

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2. Box Shelves from Ikea, Connected with Ordinary Office Binder Clips

Click here for further instructions.

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3. The Wall Bookmark Shelf

You could use a bracket, or buy the one pictured here for $32.

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4. Ladder + Wood Bookshelves

Made with 2 ladders and planks of wood.

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Or just one ladder will do for a smaller bookshelf.

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5. Wallpapered Bookshelves

Click here for more details on how to make this yourself.

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6. Leather Harness Hanging Bookshelf

Available for £89.00 from Rockett St. George. But you could probably also make this with some leather belts.

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7. Hollowed-Out TV Bookcase

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8. Another Ladder Bookshelf

Take a ladder apart and hang one side of it on the wall.

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9. The Bookend Bookshelf

You can also buy this one in particular here from Umbra.com for $15.

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10. Wooden Pallet Bookshelves

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11. Another Example of a Wooden Pallet Bookshelf

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12. Bookshelf Made from an Old Drawer

Click here for the full tutorial.

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13. Industrial Pipe Shelving

This one’s available for $349 from Etsy, and the seller, Stella Blue Designs, has many variations available.

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Pipe shelving can also be easily DIYed.

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14. Pipe + Wood Bookshelf

Click here for the instructions.

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15. Storage Bench

Made from pine wood, metal crates, and casters. Click here for instructions.

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16. Rope Bookshelf

For more detailed instructions, click here.

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This one uses drawer pulls. Click here for more instructions.

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17. Larger, More Industrial Hanging Rope Bookshelves

View the full tutorial here.

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18. Bookshelf from Wooden Cable Spool and Ikea Casters

Click here for more instructions.

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19. Wine Crate Wall Shelves

Click here for more elaborate instructions.

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20. Magazine Holder Bookshelf

You can get one of these from Ikea, $9.99 for a set of 2. Get the incredibly simple instructions here.

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21. Pegboard Using Colored Pencils and String

Not exactly a bookshelf, but books can certainly be incorporated. Full tutorial here.

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22. Hanging Fabric Shelves

You’ll need 2 curtain rods, 2 double curtain rod brackets, and some fabric. See the full tutorial here.

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Ikea spice racks nailed to the sides of a dresser makes instant display bookshelves. Click here for more details.

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24. Stacked Antique Benches

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25. Stained Plywood Book Display Case

Just glue some birch plywood together and stain. Click here for the tutorial.

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