Locker Bookshelf (48" Mudroom Unit)

Drill three pocket holes per end on all shelves and on the sides' top ends. Mark the shelf positions on the sides, glue, and screw with 1-1/4" pocket screws — shelves between sides, top overhanging.

The source calls this 'so easy' and it is, provided the shelf marks match side to side. Mark both sides clamped together.

Mark the middle shelves for the two dividers, pocket-hole the dividers' ends, and screw them between the shelves — creating the two coat bays. Centered bays or one-wide-one-narrow both work; kids' coats don't measure.

Square the case by diagonals, then glue and nail the full-width back on with 2" brads — into the sides, EVERY shelf, and both dividers, per the source's explicit reminder. The back is what keeps a 67" case from parallelogramming when the front door slams.

Pocket-hole the header and footer to the side-trim legs (two holes per end), building the frame FLAT, then tack the completed frame to the case face with brads and glue. Add the crown across the top front edge.

Fill pocket holes with filler or plugs, sand, and paint — mudroom furniture earns a scrubbable finish.

Mount two coat hooks per bay — through the back into solid wood, pilot-drilled — and then strap the unit to a wall stud. Freestanding is the format; anchored is the policy, because hooks get hung on and top shelves get climbed for.

Assign bays, distribute hooks, and accept that the floor in front of it will still collect one backpack. Progress, not miracles.