It’s been a while since my last blogpost because I’ve been working on my next book. I hope to finish the first manuscript within the next ten days or so. But I’ve also been doing a little woodworking. My current project is a shelf in our bathroom. We are in desperate need of reorganization. So I’ve been working on the shelf case a little at a time over the summer.

I got the material for this project from my daughters’ old bunk beds. After deconstructing the pieces, it seemed a shame to throw the material out. So I’ve kept it for almost a year. The bed rails are wooden and are about the size of a one by six. These pieces make up the outer casing (just a huge rectangle almost four feet tall) and the inner shelves. There was a small one inch square piece attached to the rails for the bed slats to rest on. After removing this, I decided to make shelf supports out of it. It works well, but the look needs to be refined. This will happen later.

The only new materials in this build are two thin plywood project panels that were purchased from the orange looking home improvement store. They were just a few bucks apiece. They look really good, but I’m not sure if I’m going to paint them or finish them with water based polyurethane. It’s a tough call right now.

Speaking of painting, I’ve decided to experiment with this project a little. I’ve wanted to try Annie Sloan’s chalk paint for a while now. This is a craft paint with a unique finish. It’s expensive, but I think it might be perfect for this build. When you consider the total cost of the materials, it might be okay to splurge a little on the paint.

I will probably write another post about finishing this project. It will more than likely have a few pictures to go with it too. None for now, though. This is just a bit of an update and a way to encourage anyone to try new things, like building shelves for your bathroom using old bunk beds.