Bathroom Shelf

I’m still working on putting the finishing touches on the basement bathroom (no, that does not include a ceiling yet).  There was literally no storage in the bathroom at all.  No shelves, no cabinet, nothing.  No place to store a towel, washcloth, or toilet paper.  I decided to make this shelf from ana-white.com.  It was super easy, I had it constructed in a couple of hours.  Finishing it took much longer due to a minor stain debacle, but it turned out nice despite my best efforts to ruin the whole project.  I added some hooks to the bottom, but they were not yet installed when I took the pictures.

Jelly Cupboard Project

This inaugural post of the latest incarnation of grvland.com will feature the construction of “Patrick’s Jelly Cupboard” from Ana-White.com.  All props go to Patrick and Ana for planning, drawing and constructing this project.  I merely followed their excellent instructions.  The following paragraphs are related directly to those instructions and include my minor adjustments.

The plan calls for 1×10 shelves and 1/4″ plywood or beadboard backing.  I adjusted the plan a bit to use 1×12 shelves flush to the inside of the face frame.  I ripped all the shelves down by 1/2″ and used 1/2″ plywood on the back.  Because the shelves were ripped down, the back sits flush to the sides and top.  This way the backing material is not visible from the sides.

The doors were made per Patrick’s instructions in the comments.  The screen sits inside a 3/4″ rabbet made with a router table before the assembly of the door frames.  I used a 3/4″ straight bit set to sightly deeper than 1/4″ to allow for the depth of the wooden screen stop strips plus the screen.  The screen was spray painted with RustOleum Painter’s Touch Satin in Heirloom White prior to installation in the doors.

The hardware is from Acorn Manufacturing and can be found here:
Hinges – Acorn AIJBQ
Pulls – Acorn AP2BP

The finish coat is Dutch Boy Flat in Heirloom Lace.

But no one really cares about all that…let’s just get to the results:

Unfinished carcass with face frame
Outside surfaces painted flat black first
Yeah, we have a Morton Pottery nesting bowl problem
Complete!
Final resting place