It is freezing cold again, so that must mean it's time for me to build some big pieces of furniture. This time, it is a pair of shelves for the living room. With all the toys that our son has, we were in desperate need of a better way to organize them, hence new shelves jumped to the top of the list.
 | These shelves followed a similar pattern to the others that I've built. I got a couple 4X8 sheets of maple plywood and ripped them down to one foot sections. I then cut dados in the side panels for all of the shelves. We have a bigger shelf at the bottom of each (for bigger toys) and then the other shelves are built to fit storage bins in order to hide things away. |
| We opted for larger trim this time, including big crown molding at the top.  |  |
Once we had everything glued up, we set about staining. We again used the java gel stain that has worked so well for us on other furniture projects. It took a solid two coats, which was by far the most time consuming part of the project. That was followed up by a couple coats of shellac, which was the second most time consuming part of the project. Of course, the end result is great. With plenty of room for decorations and storage.
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