Books are the best. And books for people who can't read are pretty awesome even still!

My daughter had a very small, cheap bookshelf made of cloth and particleboard, and it quickly fell apart.

I wanted to make her something that would fit all her books, with room to grow. And we had a specific place in mind to put it in her decidedly small room.

I can't find my original sketches, but I drew dozens of options before settling on the final design. The show faces are all solid cherry. The shelves are poplar with cherry banding on the front. And the back is plywood.