Entryway Bench and Storage Shelf with Hooks — board plan

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

Buy 10 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 11 1/4" — 1x12

2 boards · 10.5 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 82% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 1/4" left over
48"46 1/2"
1. Bench top — 48"
2. Bench bottom — 46 1/2"
Board 2 · 33 1/2" left over
17 1/4"17 1/4"13 1/4"13 1/4"
1. Bench sides — 17 1/4"
2. Bench sides — 17 1/4"
3. Bench dividers — 13 1/4"
4. Bench dividers — 13 1/4"

3/4" × 7 1/4" — 1x8

3 boards · 8.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 68% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 3 1/2" left over
49 1/2"16 1/2"16 1/2"8 1/2"
1. Shelf top front — 49 1/2"
2. Shelf sides — 16 1/2"
3. Shelf sides — 16 1/2"
4. Shelf dividers — 8 1/2"
Board 2 · 1 3/4" left over
46 1/2"46 1/2"
1. Shelf main shelf/back — 46 1/2"
2. Shelf main shelf/back — 46 1/2"
Board 3 · 86 3/8" left over
8 1/2"
1. Shelf dividers — 8 1/2"

3/4" × 3 1/2" — 1x4

2 boards · 3.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 76% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 9 3/4" left over
49 1/2"12"12"11 1/4"
1. Bench footer front — 49 1/2"
2. Bench top side trim — 12"
3. Bench top side trim — 12"
4. Bench footer sides — 11 1/4"
Board 2 · 35 1/2" left over
48"11 1/4"
1. Bench top back trim — 48"
2. Bench footer sides — 11 1/4"

3/4" × 1 1/2" — 1x2

1 board · 0.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 53% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 45 3/8" left over
49 1/2"
1. Shelf top back — 49 1/2"

1/4" × 14" — 1/4" plywood

1 board · 1.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 51% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 46 7/8" left over
48"
1. Bench back — 48"

1/4" × 10" — 1/4" plywood

1 board · 1.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 51% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 46 7/8" left over
48"
1. Shelf back — 48"

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" — 1x12

Board 1 · 1/4" left over

Board 2 · 33 1/2" left over

3/4" × 7 1/4" — 1x8

Board 1 · 3 1/2" left over

Board 2 · 1 3/4" left over

Board 3 · 86 3/8" left over

3/4" × 3 1/2" — 1x4

Board 1 · 9 3/4" left over

Board 2 · 35 1/2" left over

3/4" × 1 1/2" — 1x2

Board 1 · 45 3/8" left over

1/4" × 14" — 1/4" plywood

Board 1 · 46 7/8" left over

1/4" × 10" — 1/4" plywood

Board 1 · 46 7/8" left over