![]() I’d also love to see photos if you end up building from this plan!! If you’re looking to build something similar please check out my storage unit plan on the Kreg Build Something website. The room seems more polished and somehow more…grown up. ![]() This unit is such a huge improvement over our old bookcases I’m still a little stunned when I walk into our room and see it. While I will be donating some of my books (university psychology textbook anyone?) I will definitely need more shelves – I’ll probably be cutting and painting at least three more to finish the unit completely. I still need to add some ribbon or chain to prevent them from falling open. The two cabinets on the right hand side are both tilt-out units that hold tall skinny laundry baskets. I haven’t decided yet if I’m going to keep the wood counter natural or stain it – what do you think? The grey/blue colour is also nice and bright against our teal walls. I love that the unit is perfectly sized for our room and the open shelves are all the same width. The cabinets give us the perfect amount of hidden storage while the open shelves are a nice way to display books and small decorative items. I’m so happy with how the finished product turned out. I like the Accu-Cut because I can easily cut down plywood and keep my cuts straight (WAY straighter than when I try to freehand it). While Chris and I will occasionally borrow a neighbour’s table saw for projects, it’s limited to a 10″ wide cut. I saw Kreg demo the Accu-Cut at the Haven Conference in July and it’s been a great addition to our garage workshop. I used my Kreg pocket hole jig, shelf pin jig and a new toy I bought myself, the Kreg Accu-Cut Circular Saw Guide Track System. I partnered with Kreg tools to create the plan for this build and the full tutorial is available free on their Build Something website! To build the unit I used 3/4″ Purebond aspen plywood for everything except for the top of the open shelves and the countertop. These bookcases always look really messy, so my goal was to create a storage unit that would have shelves for books, cabinets (with doors) that could hide not-so-attractive stuff and an integrated place for our laundry basket. Friends, I am so glad that week four of this One Room Challenge is over! This week I’ve been tackling one of my biggest build projects ever – my new bedroom storage unit! Let’s have a quick refresher on my starting point okay? This is the before – three different width bookcases from Ikea, crammed with books, yoga mats, empty shoeboxes and…a plastic crown…(everyone has one of those right?)
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