I am building four shelves into the wall. Sort of a modern look. Originally, I wanted to simply do sheetrock shelves and paint them; but I decided I was better at cutting wood than mudding/taping.
The shelves are simply Birch ply from the lumber yard. I'm going to pseudo face frame them with oak; so I used a wood conditioner then stained them with and medium color oak stain. Then a few coats of poly.
I honestly don't know what I'm doing with stains and polys. I took to the internet and felt pretty overwhelmed quickly. All I want are some shelves that look half decent for my working class house. So, upon recommendation from my friends on the interweb, I went over to the Sherwin Williams store at 10th and Washington to check out their product line. The dude there was pretty knowledgeable. The store is small but a lesser evil then homeyD or blowes.
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| 4' pipe clamps are a bit of an overkill, but I'm working with what I got |
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| Just look at at that grain detail |
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| These things are pretty tall |
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| Pocket screws rule everything around me |
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| Radiator cabinet |
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| Most of this wood will never be seen |
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| Getting taller (so is that pile of empties) |
I have never really worked in a production cabinet shop before. After laying out these cuts, planning my table saw settings, and working to maximize the useful pieces out of the sheets of ply... I can see how people could get into building cabinets. Once you get in the groove, things can move fast. I love setting up jigs and standardizing cuts.
These shelves brought to you by Hop Devil an Route 113 IPA.
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