This is showing the design for filing drawers and the desk drawers which makes this a home office and working desk below the built in book case of this library.
When the mantle shelf extends beyond the brickwork, Simon Spencer has to make special allowance in his design for it’s construction to accommodate this. Here he has done so in these book shelf pilasters where they were fluted and rebated with bead.
The style of the cornice and facia of this book case top is very simple and finishes cleanly against the chimney breast return.
Here Simon Spencer’s design shows a more traditional classic cornice with double return falling onto the wall behind where the side panel works to the upper book shelf section can clearly be seen.
Simon Spencer illustrates in these images his designs for book shelves floating on the wall which are balanced but not quite symmetrically spaced. Above and below he shows a detail of the corners and how they are finished and the very plain design that Simon Spencer has carried throughout. Simon Spencer has also used traditional drawn brass butts (hinges) which are much as they were designed in the 18th Century and which are still going strong 250 yrs later! That is why he likes to have them in his designs and for the manufacturer to use them if they are acceptable.
Above is the CD cupboard open to show them on the shelves inside and below the cupboard is closed with the built in floating bookshelves to either side.