Fold-Away Mudroom — board plan

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

Buy 9 boards at 8 ft.

1" × 1"

2 boards · 1.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 87% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 12 3/4" left over
52"30"
1. Back legs — 52"
2. Shelf backs — 30"
Board 2 · 12 3/4" left over
52"30"
1. Back legs — 52"
2. Shelf backs — 30"

3/4" × 5"

1 board · 1.8 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 64% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 34 3/4" left over
30"30"
1. Large back supports — 30"
2. Large back supports — 30"

3/4" × 2"

2 boards · 2.0 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 89% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 10 3/4" left over
54"30"
1. Front legs — 54"
2. Small back supports — 30"
Board 2 · 10 3/4" left over
54"30"
1. Front legs — 54"
2. Small back supports — 30"

3/4" × 1"

4 boards · 1.8 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 79% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 2 1/2" left over
33"33"13"13"
1. Front leg supports — 33"
2. Front leg supports — 33"
3. Bottom shelf slats — 13"
4. Bottom shelf slats — 13"
Board 2 · 2 3/8" left over
30"30"13"13"6"
1. Shelf fronts — 30"
2. Shelf fronts — 30"
3. Bottom shelf slats — 13"
4. Bottom shelf slats — 13"
5. Top shelf slats —

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.

Fold-Away Mudroom — board plan

1" × 1"

Board 1 · 12 3/4" left over

Board 2 · 12 3/4" left over

3/4" × 5"

Board 1 · 34 3/4" left over

3/4" × 2"

Board 1 · 10 3/4" left over

Board 2 · 10 3/4" left over

3/4" × 1"

Board 1 · 2 1/2" left over

Board 2 · 2 3/8" left over

Board 3 · 4 7/8" left over

Board 4 · 70 1/2" left over