I got a bit carried away after being challenged by alltime-champion-gingerbreadhouse-baker Vera Micaelsen. I can now, after quite a few hours of doing this give some advice. Most important, -don´t make the dough yourself, buy it! secondly, always recut the pieces right after they come out of the oven (you have of course made a cardboard pattern for all the pieces). Glue with melted sugar and use thick square pieces on the inside of the corners to stabilize them..
I should really have done some jewellery for a x-mas show today, but well.. at least i won:)

Since I have a dark background from furniture-design some ten years ago or so, I always end up with the bigger building projects in our house. Last one out was this huge shelf, inspired by a smaller shelf made by my friend Vera Micaelsen and some great ones in my favourite bookstore; Tronsmo. I have eventually turned the blind eye and the deaf ear to the purists who are against screws in furniture, and made it in one day. Find out how high and deep you want the different shelves to be, (remember that 60 cm span without support is maximum) and go to your local DIY store and get them to cut everything up for you.Then go home and have fun! I used wooden plugs, pva-glue and screws. Then it was sanding down and laquer. Painted osm eof them white to lighten up the impression of the shelf, an