Art Storage Shelf with Caddies — board plan

What to buy, and which parts come off which board.

Buy 5 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 11 1/4" — Pine 1x12

1 board · 4.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 70% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 28 1/2" left over
20 1/4"20 1/4"12 3/4"12 3/4"
1. Bottom shelf bottoms — 20 1/4"
2. Bottom shelf bottoms — 20 1/4"
3. Top shelf bottom — 12 3/4"
4. Top shelf bottom — 12 3/4"

3/4" × 2 1/2" — Pine 1x3

4 boards · 4.6 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 81% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 1 1/2" left over
24 3/4"24 3/4"21 3/4"21 3/4"
1. Top shelf sides — 24 3/4"
2. Top shelf sides — 24 3/4"
3. Bottom shelf sides — 21 3/4"
4. Bottom shelf sides — 21 3/4"
Board 2 · 8" left over
21 3/4"21 3/4"21 1/2"21 1/2"
1. Bottom shelf sides — 21 3/4"
2. Bottom shelf sides — 21 3/4"
3. Legs — 21 1/2"
4. Legs — 21 1/2"
Board 3 · 1 3/4" left over

Cuts are listed longest-first, which is how they should be made: the awkward pieces get placed while there is still board to place them on. The layout assumes one end of each board is squared off (1") and that every cut costs 1/8" of kerf — the reason six 16″ parts do not fit on a 96″ board.

3/4" × 11 1/4" — Pine 1x12

Board 1 · 28 1/2" left over

3/4" × 2 1/2" — Pine 1x3

Board 1 · 1 1/2" left over

Board 2 · 8" left over

Board 3 · 1 3/4" left over

Board 4 · 60 7/8" left over