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Bookcases

Small Bookcases

Bookcase tops and drawer fronts can be inlaid or left plain. Cupboard doors (where fitted) can also be inlaid or left plain with raised decorative moulding applied. They can be supplied with Bracket Feet or Plinth Base, and have loose adjustable shelves

DC088 18”(46)
One Drawer
Open Bookcase

DC089 30”(76)
Two Drawer
Open Bookcase

DC091 30” (30)

Regency One Drawer

Cupboard Bookcase - Yewood finish

(3 sizes available, with or without doors)

DC092 42” (107)

Regency Two Drawer Open Bookcase

Mahogany finish

DC 094 60" ( 152 ) Regency Three Drawer Open Bookcase. Burr Oak Finish

DC 093 42" ( 107 cm ) Regency Two Drawer Cupboard  Bookcase - Mahogany Finish.

DC095 60" ( 152 cm ) Three Drawer Regency Cupboard Bookcase.

Burr Elm finish shown

Low Open Bookcases

Two adjustable shelves. Standard overall depth 13” (33cm) giving a shelf depth of 10.5” (27cm)

DC078 (c)

36” (91) x 36” (91)

Two Shelf Open Bookcase

Yewood Finish

DC079 (a)

48” (122) x 36” (91)

Four Shelf Open Bookcase

Light Oak Finish Shown

These useful Low Cupboards are available in two different heights and a variety of widths.

The taller cupboards ( 36" - 91 cm ) will take two rows of box or lever arch files.

The lower Cupboards ( 31" - 79 cm ) are the same height as a Desk top and make for a useful extra surface for a printer ect.

Please specify height required when ordering.

All cupboards are fitted with locking doors and adjustable shelves inside.

Note. Doors can be made with or without the dummy top drawer design, as shown on the Mahogany example.

Low Cupboard Bookcases

DC 079  Low Cupboard Bookcase. (a) 48" (122) x 36" (91) Burr Elm Finish shown.

DC079 (b) Low Cupboard Bookcase. 60" (158) x 36" (91)

Antique Mahogany Finish Shown.

Tall Open Bookcases

These tall open bookcases offer an efficient way of housing plenty of books and files.

Single bookcases are made up to a width of 42” (107 cm ) and a height of 96” ( 244 cm ) The overall depth

including the overhanging top cornice moulding is 13” ( 33 cm ) giving a shelf depth of 10.5” ( 27 cm ).

All shelves are adjustable using movable brass begs.

To increase the overall bookcase depth to 15” ( 38 cm ) giving a shelf depth of 12.5” ( ideal for lever arch files and bigger books )

Please add 5% to the prices quoted on our PDF price list.

Bookcases wider then 42” ( 107 cm ) require a central vertical column divide to stop the shelves from

bowing. All our bookcases can be made to join together, creating a run of bookcases up to the width required ( example below )

DC082 (c)

42”(107)x 78”(198)

Tall Five Shelf Open Bookcase

Yewood Finish

DC087 (b)

60” (152) x 84” (213)

Yewood finish shown

Tall Open Flush Cupboard Bookcases

Tall open bookcases can be fitted with flush fitting base doors and the option of top wooden or glazed doors as shown.

Wooden doors are fitted with raised decorative moulding or made in a panelled shaker style.
The optional top glazed doors have bevelled edge glass.

Tall Deep Base Cupboard Open Bookcases

Corner Bookcases

Any of the Bookcases shown can be manufactured to turn a corner. The Bookcase top or Cornice is mitred, making a neat join.
The vertical uprights of the bookcases then butt together and are held together with fixing screws.

 Bookcase shown.  DC 087 (c) 72" (183)  x 84" (213)  joined to a DC083 (b) 36" (91) x 84" (213)Fitted with Flush cupboard base doors.  Antique Mahogany finish.

All of our Bookcases can be painted to your chosen paint colour, using a code number from Farrow and Ball, Dulux or Crown Paints.

Choice of Matt or Satin finish.

Prices on application.

Bookcase shown.

A 3 Metre long, Deep Cupboard Open Bookcase with panelled base doors. Painted to a customers chosen Farrow and Ball colour.

Made To Measure Bespoke Bookcases

These are stand alone Bookcase units which can be made to any height, depth or width. From a single Bookcase to a full run of Bookcases. These are not fitted in the room, but stand alone units with flush back panels, which can be made in sections for easy assembly. Cut outs can be made to allow for skirting boards.

Wooden or Glazed door can be fitted with any number of adjustable shelves.

Full range of wood finishes available polished to your chosen wood shade.

Just supply us with your sizes and rough plan, for a free quote.

Bookcase shown right and below -  A  3.5 metre wide x 2.25 metre high, Deep Cupboard Open Bookcase, custom made for a customers country house in Kendal, Cumbria. Panelled base cupboard doors with open top adjustable shelves.

Polished to a light oak shade.  These larger bookcases are made in sections and then assembled in the room when we deliver as shown.

A Light Oak Cupboard Bookcase with two glazed central doors. Glass shelves and lights fitted. The bottom section incorporating a Two Drawer Filing Cabinet, further cupboards and storage for a Safe.

Width 84" ( 213cm ) Height 84" ( 213cm )

A Large Burr Elm Bookcase. Doors fitted to the deeper base section and also to the top section

Made in sections, then assembled in the room. Width 12ft (366cm) Height 7ft (213cm)

 A Light Oak, Corner Bookcase. Made in three section that screwed together. Open Bookcase top sections with fully adjustable shelves and flush cupboard base doors. Cut outs for the skirting boards.

Manufactured to a height of 260 cm.

A Burr Elm Study. Comprising of a Large 6ft x 3ft 6" Double Sided Partners Desk.  A made to measure, Deep Cupboard Open Bookcase Run, 11ft in lengh , 7ft High ,with a Breakfront middle section. Plus a free standing Deep Cupboard Open Bookcase 7ft high x 3ft 6" wide.

A Run of Made To Measure, Burr Oak, Shelf Cupboards. Fitted in a Basement room, from shelf to ceiling, wall to wall.

Size. Width 13ft. ( 400 cm )

A made to measure, Oak, Deep Cupboard, Open Bookcase. Manufactured to incorporate a model of HMS Victory.

Polished to a medium oak shade.

Width 72" (183cm)  Depth 16" (41cm)  Height 96" (244cm)

A Burr oak 13ft long special deep cupboard bookcase with bevelled glass top doors, the middle section was designed to house PC screen & inside the cupboards a tower box & printer are housed.

A Burr oak room setting with 2 large open bookcases, in the middle we made a TV stand to fit in between them. Between the two sofa's is a 42"x 18" chippendale style coffee with shelf below.

Oak Base Storage Cupboards and Open Bookcases, made to a customers own design to fit a study corner. Glazed Display units at each end. Polished to a medium oak shade.

(interesting bookend wallpaper) 3 m x 2.5 m

All prices shown include VAT

An Oak Corner Bookcase with flush base doors. Matching Oak panelling and storage cupboard custom fitted around the walls. 

DC 079 Low Cupboard Bookcase.  72” ( 183 cm ) x 36” ( 91 cm )

Yew wood finish shown.

A large run of Cherrywood Bookcases plus a Desk and Printer Table all custom made for The London Central Mosque and Islamic Cultural Centre, Park Road, London.

Bookcases made in vertical sections and then fitted together in the room.

A Cherrywood Study project.

On one wall, a run of Cherry Deep Cupboard Open Bookcases. On the opposite wall another run Bookcases incorporating a two drawer leather top desk and matching Tan leather Captains Swivel Chair.

A Run of Bookcases. 10ft ( 305 cm ) wide   78” ( 198 cm ) high.

Natural oak finish.

A run of bookcases 10ft wide with flush base doors and optional top wooden and glazed central doors.                       

(lights and glass shelves inside)   Light cherrywood finish

A flush cupboard open bookcase with option glazed doors fitted. Burr Elm finish.
Raised scallop design door moulding.

These tall bookcases are made with a deeper base cupboard which provides for greater storage of larger box files and books.

The open top section is 13” ( 33 cm ) deep and the base unit is 16” ( 41 cm ) The height of the base shelf unit from the floor is 31” ( 79 cm )

This can be manufactured higher or lower if required. Base doors fitted with raised decorative moulding or shaker style panelled doors.

Example shown. A DC086 option c  Tall Deep Base Cupboard Open Bookcase. 72” ( 183 cm ) wide   78” ( 198 cm ) high  

Burr Elm finish   

A DC 081 option b  Tall Deep Cupboard Open Bookcase.  36” ( 76 cm ) wide  72” ( 183 cm ) high

Burr Oak finish. Raised scallop design doors.

A Tall Deep Cupboard Open Bookcase showing the Shaker style base doors. Walnut finish.

Bookcase Options.

Bookcase base and top doors can be made in the following styles.

 Option B -  Flat wooden doors with raised moulding. Choice of box or scallop corner design.

Option A -  Recessed Shaker style doors.

Optional glazed top doors with bevelled glass.

Cables hole outlet for printer.

Wooden cable outlet for running wires from a printer on the deep cupboards wooden surface.

Cupboard Printer Slide.

Cupboards can be fitted with a pull out slide for a printer.  ( Deep Cupboard Burr Oak Bookcase shown )

A made to measure deep cupboard open top bookcase, made to fit between a fitted kitchen and a wall.

Natural oak finish with shaker style base doors

A Mahogany Corner Bookcase with storage base cupboards, made to a customers design brief. The right side of the bookcase designed for a wide screen TV, a record player on a pull out slide, speakers and Hi Fi equipment.

Polished to a darker shade of mahogany.

A Satin White, Deep Cupboard Open Bookcase. Shaker style cupboard doors with satin brushed chrome door knobs.

Width 72” ( 183 cm )  Height 84” ( 213 cm) Base depth 16” ( 41 cm ) Top depth 13” ( 33 cm )

A Mahogany Corner Bookcase, fitted around three walls. Flush base cupboards, a central four drawer unit, adjustable shelves and cut outs for skirting boards, allowing bookcases to sit flush to the walls.

Polished our antique mahogany shade

Width of room 4.4 M  Bookcase height 2.1 M

Painted Bookcases

A Mahogany Bookcase made in a 1920's Art Deco Style. Inset black plinth, panelled base doors and flat top cornice moulding design. Polished to a lighter mahogany shade.

Width 2.4M.  Height 2.3 M

A Burr Oak Glazed Bookcase. The top section fitted with 13 pane style wooden glazed doors.

The deeper base section with three drawers and cupboard doors.

Width 60" (152cm) Height 78" (198cm) Depth, top section 14" (36cm) Base section 20" (51cm)

A long run of Mahogany Open fronted Bookcases. Made in four vertical sections, with seven adjustable shelves per Bookcase.

Width 12ft (366cm)  Height 9ft (244cm)

A Burr Oak, made to measure Glazed Bookcase, with open archway, incorporating a Faux book panel corner unit, returning onto a leather topped Filing Sideboard Cabinet.