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Toilet Shelves

Checking level
One of the first woodworking projects assigned to me by Ash was shelves for the toilet. She gave me a few photos to show what she had in mind and when she went away I decided to get it done for when she came home.

Installing wall plugs
They're pretty simple, I bought one length of dressed pine for the actual shelves and another length of dressed pine for the supporting edge that they would sit on.

This design would only work for shelves the length of the wall, as long as the wall isn't too long. The supporting edge is cut the length of the wall and then two shorter lengths the width of the shelves minus the depth of the supporting edge. I cut the exposed end of the supporting edge at 45 degrees for a nicer finish.

I drilled through the supporting edge and marked the wall where the screws would go. Wall plugs were knocked into the wall and then screws put through the supporting edge into the wall plugs.
Test Fit
The shelves were simply cut to length, sat on top of the edge and then secured with a few small nails.

Before the nails though, I removed all of the edging and shelves to stain and varnish. A quick rub with stain on a rag, wait for that to dry then 3 coats of varnish.

This was a fairly easy project and it was nice to start and finish something in one weekend. The ultimate measure of success though is that Ash loves them.



The hard part done Stain
First coat of varnish Second coat of varnish
Third coat of varnish My work is complete
The finished product with a bit of decoration

Comments

  1. BodieMarch 8, 2018 at 11:34 PM

    I'm not that into shelves but I really love these.

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