Planked Wood Bedside Table with Shelves — board plan

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

Buy 9 boards at 8 ft.

1 1/2" × 1 1/2" — 2x2

3 boards · 3.5 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 68% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 12 7/8" left over
27 1/4"27 1/4"27 1/4"
1. Legs — 27 1/4"
2. Legs — 27 1/4"
3. Legs — 27 1/4"
Board 2 · 11 1/8" left over
27 1/4"14"14"14"14"
1. Legs — 27 1/4"
2. Shelf supports — 14"
3. Shelf supports — 14"
4. Shelf supports — 14"
5. Shelf supports — 14"
Board 3 · 66 3/4" left over
14"14"
1. Shelf supports — 14"
2. Shelf supports — 14"

3/4" × 3 1/2" — 1x4

5 boards · 8.6 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 87% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 1 1/2" left over
23 1/4"23 1/4"23 1/4"23 1/4"
1. Side panel planks — 23 1/4"
2. Side panel planks — 23 1/4"
3. Side panel planks — 23 1/4"
4. Side panel planks — 23 1/4"
Board 2 · 1 1/2" left over
23 1/4"23 1/4"23 1/4"23 1/4"
1. Side panel planks — 23 1/4"
2. Side panel planks — 23 1/4"
3. Side panel planks — 23 1/4"
4. Side panel planks — 23 1/4"
Board 3

3/4" × 1 1/2" — 1x2

1 board · 0.5 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 60% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 38 1/2" left over
14"14"14"14"
1. Side panel trim — 14"
2. Side panel trim — 14"
3. Side panel trim — 14"
4. Side panel trim — 14"

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.

Planked Wood Bedside Table with Shelves — board plan

1 1/2" × 1 1/2" — 2x2

Board 1 · 12 7/8" left over

Board 2 · 11 1/8" left over

Board 3 · 66 3/4" left over

3/4" × 3 1/2" — 1x4

Board 1 · 1 1/2" left over

Board 2 · 1 1/2" left over

Board 3

3/4" × 1 1/2" — 1x2

Board 1 · 38 1/2" left over

Board 4 · 9 3/8" left over

Board 5 · 43 5/8" left over