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Fabric Storage
I am in total lust with Carol Taylor’s studio…to see it, click here then click on where it says “Carol’s Studio” on her home page. I love the closets, the design walls, the storage, the work area (tho mine wouldn’t be white or as neat!), the view. I decided I needed to improve my quilt storage, and after checking out “affordable” options (like anything from walmart, home depot, etc) I decided to ask Joshua’s friend’s step-dad for an estimate. WOOHOO! The cost was less than buying something comparable from Ikea (and without the horrid drive for 5 hours each way to south of Boston through some of the worst traffic in the US).
I wrote to Carol to get measurements (THANK YOU CAROL!)… I guessed the shelves were probably 16 inches deep (yep) and made from a 4×8 sheet of plywood (yep), and she added that the shelves were 12 inches apart. So I drew a diagram / sketch for John Bailey, and the photo above shows what I received, ready to finish.
A week or so later, one is primed, one has a first coat of paint:
And yet later on, here they are hauled upstairs (and was that ever fun…NOT!) and in the studio. I decided to do a separate post about the massive tidy attack I had in the studio as a result of these shelves. Surf back in two days from now for that one… in the meantime….
John Bailey, step-dad to one of Joshua’s best friends, made these and what a great job he did. I could not be happier with them…they are perfect (I specified what, but he did the how beautifully and exactly as I drew and measured). If you’re near Camden, Maine, and would like to contact him his website is www.jbbuilders.biz . I was surprised and thrilled to see that he worked on the fantabulous re-do of the old Strand theatre in neighboring Rockland, and one of the fancy houses pictured on the website had his carpentry featured in Better Homes and Gardens (if I had known about these fancy projects before I asked him about these shelves I would’ve been too intimidated to ask about my puny little project!).
What you need to make these 48 x 48 x 16 deep shelf units yourself:
3 sheets 3/4″ birch plywood
1 sheet 1/4″ birch plywood (for the backs)
1×6 piece of pine, from which John cut strips to face the front of the shelves (nice!)
someone with a table saw or router to cut the pieces and grooves
primer
2+ quarts of paint
They could also be varnished, but as you’ll see in the next blogpost about my studio, I have plenty of natural wood, I needed COLOR! So I picked Caribbean water blue!
The units are 16 inches deep, the shelves are 12 inches apart, and the staggered supports are set in 15 inches from the outside edge.
If you’re in Camden area, and need some really nice carpentry or building done, hint hint! Now, to win the lottery and get John to build an entire studio and house and kitchen for us…..
June 9th, 2007 at 8:08 am
These shelves are aewsome!
June 9th, 2007 at 8:41 am
Those are awesome!! I will have to remember these after we move back to the “mainland” – maybe I can get my father-in-law to build me some!
June 9th, 2007 at 12:51 pm
Those shelf units look really good. Will you show us when you have stuff in them? And will they hold everything you have planned to store there? 😉
It’s nice to have shelf units built to order. I have several for books and could use more if I had space.
jq
June 9th, 2007 at 4:00 pm
I just bought 3 of the thick wire 4-shelf storage units in chrome. *sniff* wood would have been much nicer! Now the huge task of resorting and reorganizing, wow, it’s huge.
These shelves are lovely, can’t wait to see your “after” picture.
June 10th, 2007 at 1:43 pm
Wow I want Carol Taylors Studio. Oh what bliss to have all that space. I love your shelves as well and what a gorgeous shade of blue.
February 29th, 2008 at 9:58 pm
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