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The strange thing about finishing a book nook is how quickly you want someone else to see it. You spent four evenings on it, the light finally came on, and the only witness was the cat. This page is about fixing that.
The easiest way: a photo review
Every kit page has a review section called Share your chapter. Scroll down on the page of the kit you built, write a few honest lines and add a photo or two of your finished build. That's it. Reviews are checked by a person before they appear, so give it a day or so.
Photos of real shelves help other builders far more than our product photography does. A nook squeezed between a dictionary and a plant, slightly wonky bunting, a lamp in the background: that's what someone deciding on their first kit actually wants to see.
What a good build photo looks like
No studio needed. Three things make the difference:
- Turn the big light off. The nook's own LEDs read best in a warmly lit or dim room, the same way they do in our lighting guide.
- Shoot end-on. Nooks are designed to be seen straight through the front, at eye level, between books.
- Leave the mess in. A photo taken on the table where you built it, glue bottle in shot, is more useful than a perfect one.
Points come back the other way
Sharing isn't one-way. Reviews and approved build photos earn Chapter Points, which turn into money off your next kit (1,000 points is £10 off). The points land once your review is approved.
Elsewhere
If you post your build on Instagram or YouTube, tag @bychaptersuk; on TikTok we're @bychapters. We share builders' photos regularly, and we always ask before featuring anything here in the Community. If filming a build appeals to you, there's a separate guide to that.
And if it didn't go to plan
Share it anyway. Honest reviews, including the ones where a wall went on backwards, are kept and published; nobody learns anything from a page of five-star perfection. If a piece actually broke or went missing during the build, that's covered: parts are replaced free.
Comments are open below. If you've got a trick for photographing LEDs without the glow blowing out, the builder after you wants to hear it.
