I've never built anything but would like to make a nice shoe rack in the hallway. The goal is for it to be quick, cheap, and look good. I'm thinking of using some simple battens, planed pine, chipboard, and angle brackets. The shelf will be painted with carpentry paint. I have access to some tools like a circular saw and a screwdriver, but I'm happy if I can cut as much as possible at a hardware store. I've drawn up a design and would love some input:
1. Is it an unnecessarily complicated design for a shoe rack? What can be simplified?
2. Are there better/cheaper materials than those suggested in the sketch?
3. Are there ready-made parts that save time or money that can be used instead? Note: It's okay to laugh at the design, materials, and execution. As mentioned, I'm completely new to this and welcome all feedback.
That looked nice but I'm not sure what you plan to use the 45x45-reglar for. I'm sure you have a plan for it. If you don't want to buy a lot of unnecessary material, just use the thick plywood, even where it's meant to be 4 mm according to your sketch. Maybe you can buy small pieces, but the risk is that you have to buy a large piece of 4 mm and a large 7 mm, which you then mostly can't use.
How are you thinking of attaching the central shelves to the blue ones? One option is to cut pieces of the planed timber and screw them onto the blue ones to use as shelf supports. Otherwise, metal angles work well too, but they may be a bit more expensive.
If you want to avoid visible screws, you'll have to think about the corners on the base. Gluing could be an option, but I'd want a small screw too. It might look nicer if you miter the corners, but it's hard to get exact 45° angles, and they end up with gaps. If you're going to paint white anyway, you can fill it in instead so it becomes smooth and nice.
You don't have kids (yet), right? That's how it rarely looks in the hallway if you do
Thank you for the input!
I've reconsidered a bit now and plan to build with two plywood boards and some square rods. At the bottom, some regular pieces and fancy floor molding. I've measured different pieces from two boards and hope/believe it will be cheaper and easier.
Have kids but constantly dream about order and tidiness
It will probably be great. The drawing and rendering (or is it called a 3D model?) look really good! The vertical panel in the middle will bear quite a lot of weight and may start to buckle if something heavy is placed there. It is somewhat supported by the shelves, but it's worth considering. The sturdier the board you sit on, the less bending in it, and thus less load on the board below.
Built-in shoe rack is a good idea I think, it looks nice. I hope for your sake that you are better than I was at getting everyone to put away their shoes..
What I'm wondering about is the moisture, what does wet shoes do to plywood?
I would consider switching the vertical boards to 18 mm glue-laminated wood so you get good strength and it's a little easier to build than making frames.
A custom-built shoe rack is a good idea, in my opinion, it looks nice. I hope for your sake that you're better than I was at getting everyone to put their shoes away..
What I'm wondering about is moisture, what do wet shoes do to plywood?
I am far from an expert, but I think painted glulam is more durable. More fun to work with too, smells nice.
I made a recycling box with glulam and moldings. To get nice edges, I had k-rauta cut the pieces for me - I only had to cut the pieces where I had miscalculated.
Click here to reply
Vi vill skicka notiser för ämnen du bevakar och händelser som berör dig.
Karlia said: