Hi. I'm not so great on these technicalities :-). I think the one in the picture uses wood, and placed vertically like that I think the slats would have much more strength than if they were flat. But I don't think even really hard woods would stand up to coconut pounding for long. Perhaps if you could find someone in your area that makes security gates like the one below, you would be able to source the slats they use through them (again, no doubt these slats are made from a variety of materials, you would have to find a tough kind).

antislip and easy maintainance tiles for exterior is the key. choose any shade, colour, size. must not have deep textures as that's gonna be tough later in use. do consider slope and drainage appropriately as terrace may lead to water proofing issues in future. make sure skirting is everywhere and corners with top part of the balcony wall is tiled properly. thanks shradha shah beescheese design

Hi, I am from Assam, Guwahati. Yes it is warm humid place with lot of rains (like kerala). The bookcase is gradually drying. Fortunately last few days were very sunny and airy and my room has two big windows. Few mor details of my bookcase. It is 8 feet wide, 6 feet tall and 11 inch deep. It was attached with wall with 6 wall screw and has four pair of legs.I ask the carpenter to divide the bookcase into 3 part (32 inch each) and two door system for each part. Every part has 6 shelve from top to botom. There is no plywood or wood in back. I made it that way because the bookcase is attached in my room's inner wall I understand that the bookcase may have very little gap in between wall and wooden planks and i am ready for it. But I have no idea that beacuse of faulty mesurement, it became 1 inch gap between wall and sheve in the upper side. In lower side it is very minimum gap. I stop the carpenters to put the glass door. But now I see that they also make fault in making the doors. The doors are heavier that the shelf. The wooden planks are 1 inch thick while the door are 1.1/2 inch thick. I actually visit few hardwere shops here, but most have no ideas what to do and few says to apply wall putty to fill the gap. But my back wall is coloured (old wall, that why) and wall putty will not set on old wall and timber. I cannot remove it now from the wall otherwise the wall may destroyed. I really need a step by step guide now that what to do after the heves are dry, how to fil the gap and how to put the door without further damaging the shelf.

Hello there, You could use MS square sections to create an array of shutters which will conceal the entire area, look contemporary and would be helpful in ventilation too. You could continue the whole thing towards the end and carve a simple cut-out from the shutter using MS sections and only a pair of hinges attached to the wall where stairs begin. You could also achieve the same feat with CNC cut jaalis, expanded metal mesh, concrete louvers etc. There is a wide spectrum of options you could consider depending on your budget. Regards, Aurum Ideas and Spaces Bhubaneswar