The dear friends needed a new bookstand for their home office at their new apartment in Brooklyn. Or is it a bookshelf? Either way, Tim insisted the shelves had sides so that books couldn’t fall out, but Kimmi wanted the ladder design. So by using a classic design with a slight angle and strengthening drop in panels to close off the shelf sides. A combination of ebonized oak on the frame and doors with natural mahogany as the shelves and cabinet.