Beauty Center Mirror with Storage — board plan

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

Buy 5 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 5 1/2" — 1x6

1 board · 2.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 77% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 21 7/8" left over
14 1/2"14 1/2"14 1/2"14 1/2"14 1/2"
1. Shelves — 14 1/2"
2. Shelves — 14 1/2"
3. Shelves — 14 1/2"
4. Shelves — 14 1/2"
5. Shelves — 14 1/2"

3/4" × 1 1/2" — 1x2

4 boards · 2.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 72% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 3 7/8" left over
50 1/2"11 1/2"11 1/2"11 1/2"5 1/2"
1. Frame long stiles — 50 1/2"
2. Frame short rails — 11 1/2"
3. Frame short rails — 11 1/2"
4. Frame short rails — 11 1/2"
5. Shelf spacers / cleats — 5 1/2"
Board 2 · 15 7/8" left over
50 1/2"11 1/2"5 1/2"5 1/2"5 1/2"

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.

Beauty Center Mirror with Storage — board plan

3/4" × 5 1/2" — 1x6

Board 1 · 21 7/8" left over

3/4" × 1 1/2" — 1x2

Board 1 · 3 7/8" left over

Board 2 · 15 7/8" left over

Board 3 · 44 3/8" left over

Board 4 · 44 3/8" left over