Bookcase depth:
28 cm
Slim 15
Shallow 22
Common 28
Deep 40
Wall to wall (cm)
Store on it
Pocket paperbacks (about 11 cm)
Novels (about 14–15 cm)
Magazines, A4 files, large books (about 22 cm)
Deep basket or box (about 30 cm)
Walkway left
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Floor the shelf takes
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Top-down view, to scale. The sofa is fixed at 90 cm deep and the bookcase at 200 cm long. The coloured bar is the walkway; the dashed outline shows what a 40 cm deep case would take.