Shoe Rack(Shelves)

Here are some photos of the shoe shelves I’m building to sit in our entry way. The project will be painted, so the pre-laminated 5/8” knotty pine boards from the local big box were sufficient. The shelves are 1/4” maple ply from the big box. The back is MDF set in a groove about 1/3 the thickness of the carcase stock.

The maple ply from the big orange is of VERY low quality… I’m talking voids, ultra thin veneer, and the dreaded red adhesive, I certainly won’t be buying ply from them again. I faced the shelves with some thing MDF strips I had left from cutting the back in order to hide the prominent voids. The MDF strips were attached with glue and 23 gauge pins.

The shelves are set in stopped dadoes created on the table saw and squared with chisel and mallet. The side are simple rabbet joints.

This project was my first project involving rabbets, dadoes, and a panel. It was more instructional than anything, and is a pre-cursor to the scrapbook organizer I will be building for my g/f.

The bottom will be receiving a 1/4 round moulding and the top will be receiving a small decorative moulding as well, then I’ll start on the painting.

The pictures shown are simply dry-fit I will be doing the glue-up tomorrow evening.

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