Good storage that matches good is the cornerstone of a tidy, organized, and simple to take care of residence.
After a decade of designing furnishings, I noticed that all storage furnishings is actually only a plywood field, trimmed or with doorways/drawers to make up every part from a easy bookshelf to a full kitchen. The technical time period is case furnishings.
So if it is only a field with trim.. why is not there an app that permits you to design that field, after which you’ve the construction so as to add the trim too?
That’s why I created Shelf Help a pair years in the past! It’s a FREE app that you need to use to design your individual furnishings with out having to study an advanced software program. In this video, I exploit the Shelf Help app to make this bookshelf – watch it!
Dimensions
Here’s the precise dimensions I used for this mission.
Tools and Materials Needed
You will want just a few instruments and supplies to do that mission:
- Measuring tape, pencil, velocity sq., listening to safety, eye safety (the fundamentals)
- Drill
- Kreg Pocket Hole Jig (I exploit the K5) with 1-1/4″ pocket gap screws
- Brad Nailer (I exploit the Ryobi AirStrike cordless brad nailer) with 5/8″ lengthy brad nails
- Plywood carcass equipment from Shelf Help or reduce your individual utilizing 3/4″ cupboard grade plywood, with entrance edges completed with edge banding
- 1/4″ hardwood plywood for the again
- 1×3 boards for bay helps (board toes wanted = measure the general width of the mission instances two)
- Finishing provides to incorporate medium and superb sandpaper, wooden filler, primer and paint or wooden stain and clear coat
Open Base Bench Plans
The open base was constructed by me a pair weeks prior. It turned out actually nice and I like the sizing within the house and for my baskets and bins. The plans are free and available here.
Open Shelf Hutch – Designing the Plans
The open cabinets on prime I simply completed. They may very well be made taller and even shorter – actually limitless choices right here for personalisation. You can even use them over different cupboards – kitchen cupboards, console cupboards, or as towers on both facet of a television. I saved a basic toy storage top – good for youths with the ability to put their very own toys away, and nonetheless room on prime for decor.
I first penciled out what I used to be in search of on scratch paper.
Then I entered the surface dimensions into the Shelf Help Configurator.
Plywood Pieces
From there, you need to use the Shelf Help app create plans for you that embody a reduce record. You can reduce your individual plywood – use 3/4″ cupboard grade hardwood plywood. Cut with a desk noticed or monitor noticed. Finish the entrance edges with edge banding.
You can alternatively have the precut items shipped to your entrance door utilizing the Shelf Help app.
Carcass Assembly
Once you’ve your plywood items in hand, it is time for meeting.
Mark out on the plans the placement of all pocket holes. Then drill the pocket holes within the items. For the 11-1/4″ width, I used two pocket holes, however three is also used.
Then assemble the carcass. I began by attaching the verticals to the underside of the highest. Then the cabinets to the verticals.
Bay Supports
The plywood carcass on it is personal is just not sufficient to maintain the mission inflexible. Bay helps assist with this. At least one on the prime again is recommened, pocket holes on prime and facet edges.
A bay help on the entrance will assist as properly, and make the mission look extra completed. I solely pocket holed the ends. Then simply use the 1-1/4″ pocket gap screws like common screws, and screwed via the center of the bay help into the underside of the highest.
Back
I extremely advocate a again for this piece, as it’s at eye stage and can assist include the contents of the cabinets.
Use 1/4″ plywood – for portray, this may very well be absolutely anything. For staining, match the wooden species of the carcass.
Cut about 1/4″ total smaller, so the surface edge is just not seen.
Attach to again with glue and 5/8″ brad nails to all again edges.
Finishing
To end, I crammed any uncovered holes with wooden filler and let dry.
Then I did a light-weight sanding with medium grit sandpaper, adopted by superb sandpaper utilizing a hand sanding block.
Then I eliminated all sanding residue with a vacuum with a mushy bristled brush attachment.
I utilized one coat of primer with a brush and small curler.
Then I utilized two coats of cupboard grade paint in a semigloss sheet with a brush and small curler.
I did frivolously sand in between coats with superb sandpaper.
