I also built these media cabinets and am pretty proud of them. They were built to flank the tv and hold the media boxes & movies, etc, but since our tv sits next to a built-in shelf, we’re using these as bookshelves next to the couch.

used as a bookshelf (right)

used as a bookshelf (right)

used as a bookshelf (left)

both shelves

used as a bookshelf (left)

Media Cabinets being used as actual media cabinets a few years ago. :)