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Compact Makeup Vanity — board plan

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

Buy 8 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 16"

1 board · 3.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 39% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 58 7/8" left over

    1. Bottom — 36"

3/4" × 13"

1 board · 1.5 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 21% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 75 7/8" left over

    1. Lid — 19"

3/4" × 8"

1 board · 1.5 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 35% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 62 3/4" left over

    1. Drawer Top — 16"
    2. Drawer Top — 16"

3/4" × 5"

1 board · 0.8 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 28% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 68 3/4" left over

    1. Drawer Bottom — 13"
    2. Drawer Bottom — 13"

3/4" × 2"

2 boards · 1.9 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 83% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 3/8" left over

    1. Back — 34"
    2. Hinge Support — 19"
    3. Lid Front — 19"
    4. Side — 16"
    5. Drawer Front — 6"

  2. Board 2 · 32 1/4" left over

    1. Side — 16"
    2. Divider — 15"
    3. Divider — 15"
    4. Drawer Front — 6"
    5. Drawer Back — 5"
    6. Drawer Back — 5"

3/4" × 1"

1 board · 0.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 60% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 38 1/2" left over

    1. Drawer Side — 14"
    2. Drawer Side — 14"
    3. Drawer Side — 14"
    4. Drawer Side — 14"

1/2" × 1/2"

1 board · 0.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 12% of each board consumed

  1. Board 1 · 84 3/4" left over

    1. Drawer Divider — 5"
    2. Drawer Divider — 5"

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.