Adjustable shelving on a bookcase is worth more than it is on most furniture, because books vary enormously in height. Paperbacks, hardbacks, art books, and vinyl all want different clearances, and a fixed shelf either wastes three inches of air above the paperbacks or refuses to take the large format entirely.This one stands 42.3 in tall, which is below eye level and therefore works as a room divider, under a window, or against a half wall where a full-height bookcase would block the light. The footprint is 23.6 in wide by 9.4 in deep, shallow enough that it does not narrow a room.Each shelf carries 22 lb with a total static capacity of 88 lb, sized for books rather than for heavy storage. Particleboard construction brings the assembled unit to 31 lb, which is heavy enough to stay stable when a book is pulled from a top shelf. Rustic brown with a visible wood grain keeps an open bookcase from looking like flat-pack filler, which matters on a piece whose contents are on display by definition.
Adjustable shelving on a bookcase is worth more than it is on most furniture, because books vary enormously in height. Paperbacks, hardbacks, art books, and vinyl all want different clearances, and a fixed shelf either wastes three inches of air above the paperbacks or refuses to take the large format entirely.This one stands 42.3 in tall, which is below eye level and therefore works as a room divider, under a window, or against a half wall where a full-height bookcase would block the light. The footprint is 23.6 in wide by 9.4 in deep, shallow enough that it does not narrow a room.Each shelf carries 22 lb with a total static capacity of 88 lb, sized for books rather than for heavy storage. Particleboard construction brings the assembled unit to 31 lb, which is heavy enough to stay stable when a book is pulled from a top shelf. Rustic brown with a visible wood grain keeps an open bookcase from looking like flat-pack filler, which matters on a piece whose contents are on display by definition.
