Today I took a 2x10 and some dowel rods I bought a few months ago and I made a shoe rack. It took six hours to make.
This is my second woodworking project, the first being the bike rack I made a few months ago. Unlike the bike rack, which is modular and capable of being disassembled, the shoe rack is one piece, more like regular furniture. Shoes rest atop one-inch dowel rods that span the length of the rack and which are held in place against the side boards with glue and pegs I cut from smaller, three-eighths-inch dowel rods. Four pegs on each side go through the side board to the exterior and provide additional hanging. In all, the rack fits twelve pairs of shoes, plus room for two pairs of sandals below. On top is a solid shelf, useful for stashing junk you take with you when you put on your shoes. And stay-at-home junk, too.
The shoe rack is no fine furniture, but I give myself a passing grade for shop class.
4 comments:
Nice job! It looks like you're already out of space. Is this your way to make sure that Laura doesn't buy additional shoes?
Great work Craig, I especially like the easy access to your sandels the side pegs give...best thing about it though has to be that there are no dress shoes shown :)
Yes my precious, first a knick-knack then a curio. The craving for more things continue. Don’t buy them make them, your soul will be untarnished…bike rack…shoe rack…we all need to eat how about a spice rack next. Yes my precious a spice rack.
Rachel— Laura and I have nearly the same number of shoes. Whom does that say more about?
Bobby et al.— I own one pair of dress shoes, which stay safely buried beneath dust in the closet for all but a few days of the year.
Anonymous— Thanks for posting! I had begun to wonder if you had deserted JEC.
As for knick-knacks and curios, yes, you're right. I should probably give my revamped analysis of simplicitism in a future post.
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