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Countertop Potato Bin
A small angled-slat bin with a food-safe finish, sized to sit on a counter and let air circulate around stored potatoes or onions.
- Easy
- $
- 1.5–2.5 hrs

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Three-tier countertop cooling rack holding removable baking trays

Gifts & Small Projects

Countertop Cooling Rack

A three-tier stand that holds removable cooling trays, freeing up counter space when you're baking in batches. Built from 1x2 around trays you buy.

Easy
$$
1.5–2.5 hrs

Collapsible tiered wood Christmas tree display shelf

Gifts & Small Projects

Collapsible Standing Wood Christmas Tree Shelf

A tiered, tree-shaped display shelf that comes apart into flat layers for off-season storage — each tier laps over the one below rather than being permanently fixed.

Intermediate
$$
4–6 hrs

Wall-mounted coat rack built from scrap wood offcuts

Gifts & Small Projects

Coat Rack from Scraps

A wall-mounted coat rack with hand-shaped wooden hooks, built entirely from offcut scraps rather than a purchased cut list.

Easy
$
1 hr – 2 hrs

Layered wood Christmas tree tray

Gifts & Small Projects

Christmas Tree Tray

A stepped, layered wood tray shaped like a Christmas tree — every row is a different compound angle, mounted on a plywood backer.

Easy
$
1.5–2.5 hrs

Shallow wooden cookie serving box on small feet with a lettered back board

Gifts & Small Projects

Christmas Cookie Box or Serving Display

A small shallow tray-box on little feet for serving cookies or displaying holiday treats. Made from furring strips and a plywood bottom in an afternoon.

Easy
$
1 hr – 2 hrs

Scrap wood charcuterie serving board with angled channels

Gifts & Small Projects

Charcuterie Serving Board

A scrap-wood grazing board built from angled offcuts framed in 1x2 — a genuinely good use for the odd short pieces left over from other projects.

Easy
$
1.5–2.5 hrs

Cedar drink dispenser stand with cut-out handles

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Cedar Drink Dispenser Stand

A small box stand built from an inner 1x2 frame skinned in cedar fence picket, with cut-out carry handles on the shorter sides for moving a full beverage dispenser.

Beginner
$
1 hr – 1.5 hrs

Tiny two-drawer cedar storage cube on a desk

Gifts & Small Projects

1-Board Cedar Desktop Storage Cube

A tiny two-drawer cube — the whole thing, box and drawers both, comes from one cedar fence picket.

Easy
$
2–3 hrs

Cedar desk accessory set including a pencil cup, business card holder, mini crate, and paper clip tray

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1-Board Cedar Desk Accessory Set

A pencil cup, business card holder, mini crate, and paper clip tray — all four cut from a single cedar fence picket.

Easy
$
2.5–4 hrs

Gifts & Small Projects

Scrap Wood Catch-All Tray

A freehand-shaped catch-all tray glued up from scrap boards and cut entirely with a jigsaw.

Beginner
$
45 min – 1.5 hrs

Gifts & Small Projects

Vintage Camper Napkin Holder

A whimsical vintage-camper-shaped napkin holder cut from scrap wood, with a dowel tongue jack and drilled wheel details.

Easy
$
1 hr – 2 hrs

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