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@Arducius
Glad to be of some help. It is quite frustrating when you buy 50x50mm timber assuming it's the size it says on the pack, only to find it's 45x46mm. It does make sense though, they never know exactly how much they'll need to plane off to get a good edge so giving the sawn sizes instead of measuring and grading each piece is more efficient.
You just have to remember that when you're designing stuff and make sure you measure the timber you're working with. Otherwise it can be very frustrating!
Also, you might have already thought of this, but you could use ply for the shelves. It might be a little more expensive depending on thickness but would allow you to have a single piece of timber, and if you're after a certain finish then you can get ply faced in pretty much any timber.