When facilities exist, four croquet balls can be mitered for use as feet (see sketch C). All screws are countersunk and puttied for an enamel or lacquer finish. bookcases Builtin Bookcases. Wellfilled, builtin bookcases lining one or more walls of a room are among the most friendly aids to homelike decorating available. This is especially true where the books appear to have been selected for reading, rather than as formal decoration sets, with uncut leaves. If the bookcase is built from wall to wall, or on either side of a projecting fireplace, construction can be simplified, inasmuch as only the base and the edges of the top, sides and shelves will be visible, as is seen in Figure 2.17. A depth of 10 in. is adequate for the average largesized book, and a spacing of 10 in. between shelves is sufficient for height. To vary the monotony and provide for different sized books, the upper shelf can be spaced at 9 in. and the bottom shelf at 14 in. A 3in. base can be attached in several ways. 1. The base can be finished nailed to the edges of the sides, and quarterround or cove molding nailed to its upper edge. 2. The base is recessed into the sides until its surface is flush with the edge of the lower shelf. 3. By deepening the recess an additional 1 in. to 1 in., a modern setback base results. 4. The base can be doweled or angleironed between the sides so that it is flush with them and the lower shelf. While dadoes, or grooves in the sides, preferably stopped, will provide the better support, in this case, where the sidepieces will hug a wall or projection, a nailing job will suffice INDOOR FURNITURE CONSTRUCTION Before cutting and marking the sides, however, it must be determined whetl the floor is level and the walls are plumb. To proceed otherwise may result ir catastrophic inability to force the assembled case into a space that proves to narrower at the top or bottom, or sinks at one corner so that the shelving is or slant. In either event the bookcase must be dismantled and rebuilt to fit. Fig. 2.17. Builtin book case. Unless thickshelving is used, a bookcase that must exceed 4 ft. will requin center bracing. Pieces of 10 in. X ю in. shelving will do, but a better effect wil result if they are narrowed sufficiently to permit the insertion of 1 in. vertica strips flush with the top edge of the base. These strips should run from the top ° the Dase in one piece, as illustrated in Figure 2.17. The bookcase shown in th( Ustration has one end exposed and makes use of a cove molding along the uppei %e of the base and the lower edge of the top. 66 . Fig. 2.18. Trough bookshelves. Trough Bookshelves. Utilizing no nails, screws, bolts or glue, the combination end table and book troughs illustrated in Figure 2.18 can be quickly disassembled by removing the dowel wedges from the tenons.