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Did you make these? Nice that they were kept natural and not painted. . . just me that prefers to see grain in the wood.
that picture was of the bottom of a 'parsons' table i built a long time ago. It's about 6' long, and kind of a shaker styled country table. The shelf I added not too long ago as a place to hide a weapon in plain sight. I have painted some things over the years but mostly am a real wood fan. Most of my house is filled with country antique replicas that I've built, and almost all are stained wood. I have a few pieces made out of walnut, which I just clearcoat as the wood is allready so dark, and beautiful. The picture in my avatar for this site has a walnut box that I made and ended up using it for a wine rack. It was a box for my sons amplifier, which he sold later on. It has finger jointed corners and about fifteen coats of poly on it. You know, just talking about it is making me want to go build something! I need to finish a few projects before I start any more though!!! The coffee tables and storage cabinet in the earlier post on this page were just store bought boards that I threw together. I like the look of them, and there really easy to make stuff out of them. I wouldn't say that's really woodworking when using them but it sure is easy to make something quickly.
 
I may have to tap your advice when I make my bar for the ManCave. :D

I'm sure many others do this too, but I store most building materials in the rafters of my garage.
In rooms that aren't really "public" like the utility room, service hall for the shop, etc., I usually try and have all kinds of shelving for things. And since not a "public" area, I'm more about utility than it looking pretty for these places.
 
I may have to tap your advice when I make my bar for the ManCave. :D

I'm sure many others do this too, but I store most building materials in the rafters of my garage.
In rooms that aren't really "public" like the utility room, service hall for the shop, etc., I usually try and have all kinds of shelving for things. And since not a "public" area, I'm more about utility than it looking pretty for these places.
Anytime! I've always enjoyed building things and am happy to help. I made lots of mistakes over the years and can help others avoid them. I always thought I would enjoy teaching classes, maybey one day. For starters, if you just want shelving, you can have it ripped at lowes or Home Depot for free. I like to work with even measurements like 12" or 16" as you don't waste any of the sheet of plywood. As far as using plywood, you can glue a piece of trim on the front edge to cover it and give more strength to a shelf. Even if you start with a open shelving unit, you can always go back later and add doors to make it a finished piece. Not only do you get a nice functional piece of furniture, but the sense of pride and accomplishment is great. I am lucky enough to have hobbies that are productive.
 
here's some great ideas on food shelves..and i fugure some can be redesigned for something else,besides food..
 
my daughter place is relatively small, we taken her emergency items and placed them in 5gal buckets w/lids and place them in all her closets, we cut 1/4" plywood in 3 sections and placed on top of the buckets effectively raising the floor (1 bucket high 15") in the closets, each closet held 18 buckets except the coat closet that only held 4 buckets. Raising the floor up 15" didn't interfere with the coats, jackets and shoes.
 
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here's 3 ideas to shelves

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i just remembered this one i built above the kitchen sink.and as you can see,(i hope)lol..there's a florescent light on the bottom side of it.there's enough space behind the figurine's for small items..

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One thing to consider is location and stored item needs. If some preps keep fine in the heat and without AC for example, can put them someplace like the garage/attic, etc., saving space indoors for food items, etc. that keep better with some climate control.

If you have an attic, even a small one, don't forget it as a place for storage.
 
One thing to consider is location and stored item needs. If some preps keep fine in the heat and without AC for example, can put them someplace like the garage/attic, etc., saving space indoors for food items, etc. that keep better with some climate control.

If you have an attic, even a small one, don't forget it as a place for storage.
I like the show tiny homes (or some name similar to that). Building the home is the easy part, convincing the owners to get rid of all the junk they have is the fun part. I plan to build a micro home/cabin before too long, but I'm building a storage area first!
 

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