You can make the swinging bookcase 2in 5cm shallower than the other shelves to allow clearance behind it for when it is swung.
Making a bookcase door.
Hidden door bookcase here is a great how to article with pics on this small secret bookcase door concealing a closet.
Build the bookcase in the frame.
Build the bookcase into and around the frame.
The opened bookcase will take up to 13 1 2 or more inches of the door opening.
Who wouldn t welcome more storage into their home.
Build a bookshelf into a door.
He also wanted a place to hide all his av equipment.
We were presented with options from a small single door to full wall bookcase with one bookcase being the secret.
Making the secret bookshelf door was interesting.
He shows a close up pic of the hinges pivots and the caster wheels he uses below the shelf that.
Note if a different size opening or bookcase in in the plans proceed the same way but ensuring that the plywood is large enough to accommodate.
How to build your own fake bookcase to hide a secret door.
Also shows how to create fake books.
This is a cheap and easy project which anyone can do.
With a few tools and materials you can build your own bookcase that doubles as a secret door into a crawlspace or attic.
There were so many options that i hadn t even thought of.
When sizing it be sure to verify the clearance.