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I replaced a boot shelf I had built 9 years ago with this one (discussed in this thread earlier)
I tweaked the design a bit: allowed for three shelves inside by increasing the height to 23", and changed partial-overlay doors to fully-inset ones.
This time, I resolved to use only wood already in the shop, scrap or good, without any new purchases.
This meant disguising the uneven-looking parts: so, painted the wood and covered the panels in the doors and the top with laminate that's been lying around for years now.
The face-frame is actually re-used bed slats from my kids' discarded bunk bed! Nice looking pine.
The door pulls were retrieved from a neighbor's trash.
The hinges are the only things purchased new for this project - $12.40. Decided against the fancier Blum hidden hinges.
Even the paint ('walnut satin') was leftover from before (interior/exterior).
Was supposed to be a quick-and-dirty project, but was not all that quick...!
I tweaked the design a bit: allowed for three shelves inside by increasing the height to 23", and changed partial-overlay doors to fully-inset ones.
This time, I resolved to use only wood already in the shop, scrap or good, without any new purchases.
This meant disguising the uneven-looking parts: so, painted the wood and covered the panels in the doors and the top with laminate that's been lying around for years now.
The face-frame is actually re-used bed slats from my kids' discarded bunk bed! Nice looking pine.
The door pulls were retrieved from a neighbor's trash.
The hinges are the only things purchased new for this project - $12.40. Decided against the fancier Blum hidden hinges.
Even the paint ('walnut satin') was leftover from before (interior/exterior).
Was supposed to be a quick-and-dirty project, but was not all that quick...!
Loring in Katy, TX USA
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