Play Vanity — board plan

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

Buy 4 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 11 1/4" — 1x12

2 boards · 10.7 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 84% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 3 7/8" left over
19 3/4"19 3/4"19 3/4"19 3/4"11 1/2"
1. Cabinet shelves — 19 3/4"
2. Cabinet shelves — 19 3/4"
3. Cabinet shelves — 19 3/4"
4. Cabinet shelves — 19 3/4"
5. Cabinet tops — 11 1/2"
Board 2 · 26 1/4" left over
16 1/2"11 1/2"10"10"10"10"
1. Bench top — 16 1/2"
2. Cabinet tops — 11 1/2"
3. Cabinet sides — 10"
4. Cabinet sides — 10"
5. Cabinet sides — 10"
6. Cabinet sides — 10"

3/4" × 3 1/4" — base molding

1 board · 0.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 25% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 71 3/4" left over
11 1/2"11 1/2"
1. Front base molding — 11 1/2"
2. Front base molding — 11 1/2"

3/4" × 1 1/2" — 1-1/2 in molding

1 board · 0.6 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 68% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 30 3/8" left over
18"11 1/2"11 1/2"11 1/2"11 1/2"
1. Front trim molding (long) — 18"
2. Front trim molding (short) — 11 1/2"
3. Front trim molding (short) — 11 1/2"
4. Bench cleats — 11 1/2"
5. Bench cleats — 11 1/2"

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 · 3 7/8" left over

Board 2 · 26 1/4" left over

3/4" × 3 1/4" — base molding

Board 1 · 71 3/4" left over

3/4" × 1 1/2" — 1-1/2 in molding

Board 1 · 30 3/8" left over