Project Information
This is one of the projects that I have built for my son's nursery. Two of them I already posted as projects: the rocking chair and the changing table. Since the theme of my son's room is very woodsy, the idea of having a giant tree coming out of the wall that doubled as a shelf fit perfectly. The shelf is made out of walnut-no veneer or anything. The larger part on the left side is hallow, but the rest of it is solid and it makes for a nice and heavy shelf. I attached the "branches" with a combination of dowels, screws, and glue. The finish is lacquer followed up by paste wax.
To attach it to the wall I used the blind shelf supports from Lee Valley. I had to bore the holes in the shelf using a bit and brace because I didn't have another drill bit that was long enough at 7/16". As seen in the last photo. Other than than, I think I used just about every tool in the shop on this project.
I originally got the idea of making this shelf from a post that someone shared on this site; it was so long ago that I don't remember the original link on Lumberjocks, but here's the artist's version that I was basing mine from. I'm not sure how he made his, but it's clear from the photos that it's veneer and not solid wood, like mine. Of course his is much larger and would be more difficult to make from solid wood.
Questions and comments are welcome. And in case you're wondering if you saw this yesterday, it's true. I posted it yesterday but had to delete it because the images weren't displaying properly. Alas.
To attach it to the wall I used the blind shelf supports from Lee Valley. I had to bore the holes in the shelf using a bit and brace because I didn't have another drill bit that was long enough at 7/16". As seen in the last photo. Other than than, I think I used just about every tool in the shop on this project.
I originally got the idea of making this shelf from a post that someone shared on this site; it was so long ago that I don't remember the original link on Lumberjocks, but here's the artist's version that I was basing mine from. I'm not sure how he made his, but it's clear from the photos that it's veneer and not solid wood, like mine. Of course his is much larger and would be more difficult to make from solid wood.
Questions and comments are welcome. And in case you're wondering if you saw this yesterday, it's true. I posted it yesterday but had to delete it because the images weren't displaying properly. Alas.