I accidentally previously posted this as a blog entry. Now that the project is complete, I guess I should post it here.
My wife and I had been looking for a shoe rack for our bedroom closet, but I wasn't liking what we found. They just didn't maximize the small footprint we had in the closet, so we wouldn't have been able to put all that many pairs of shoes on it. So, I decided to build one.
This shoerack is my second project. The first thing I built with the Kreg Jig was the workbench. And that workbench came in-handy to build the shoe rack on!
If you follow the link to lumberjocks, you'll find all the project details.
This includes all the information you'd need to build this project exactly as I did, include materials list, cut list, etc. I used almost one entire box of 100-course thread 1.25" screws on this shoe rack.
You'd want to modify your measurements depending on what size of shoes you're planning to put on the rack. This particular rack holds 15-pairs of womens' size 9 shoes. Or if you have sandals, flip-flops, etc. you can stack them and get even more on it.
If I had to do it again, I'd probably still use the pine for the frame, or poplar, then use red aromatic cedar for the shelves, rather than regular cedar.
This link has the basic details for the project, plus pictures. If you follow the link near the top of the post, it will take you to all of the detailed information. Here's the link:
http://lumberjocks.com/projects/27531
Let me know if you have any questions. This is a very easy plan to modify to fit your dimensions. I basically took about a dozen pairs of my wife's shoes out of the closet, set them on the floor side-by-side (mixing various larger/smaller pairs), then took my measurements off of there. I needed about 10.5-inches front-to-back, then I figured 8-inches wide for each pair would give me a little extra room.
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Jonathan:
Nice looking project. Looks like you have the hang of the Kreg pocket screw jig. I am curious about a couple of notes you made.
1.Why cedar in the first place (not a critique just a question)?
2. Why switch to aromatic cedar? Isn't there a large price difference?
3. You used quite a few screws. Is there a reason?
4. You also mention switching to wipe on poly. I have not used that. Why the change?
You did a very nice job and from the photos it looks as though you are very good at stains and finishes. I do like the wood contrast color of the two colors. I like the look of cedar, though I find it sort of soft, but that might be just what I get out here.
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