Rustic Bathroom Vanity — board plan

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

Buy 13 boards at 8 ft.

3/4" × 5 1/2" — 1x6

5 boards · 13.6 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 88% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 7 3/8" left over
31 3/4"31 3/4"23 3/4"
1. Side panel planks — 31 3/4"
2. Side panel planks — 31 3/4"
3. Large drawer front/back — 23 3/4"
Board 2 · 7 3/8" left over
31 3/4"31 3/4"23 3/4"
1. Side panel planks — 31 3/4"
2. Side panel planks — 31 3/4"
3. Large drawer front/back — 23 3/4"
Board 3 · 7 3/8" left over
31 3/4"31 3/4"23 3/4"
1. Side panel planks — 31 3/4"
2. Side panel planks — 31 3/4"
3. Large drawer front/back — 23 3/4"
Board 4 · 7 3/8" left over
31 3/4"31 3/4"23 3/4"
1. Back planks — 31 3/4"
2. Back planks — 31 3/4"
3. Large drawer front/back — 23 3/4"
Board 5 · 30 1/2" left over
16"16"16"16"
1. Large drawer sides — 16"
2. Large drawer sides — 16"
3. Large drawer sides — 16"
4. Large drawer sides — 16"

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 · 7 3/8" left over
31 3/4"31 3/4"23 3/4"
1. Front legs — 31 3/4"
2. Front legs — 31 3/4"
3. Top drawer front/back — 23 3/4"
Board 2 · 38 7/8" left over
23 3/4"16"16"
1. Top drawer front/back — 23 3/4"
2. Top drawer sides — 16"
3. Top drawer sides — 16"

3/4" × 2 1/2" — 1x3

2 boards · 1.8 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 62% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 4 1/8" left over
32"32"26 1/2"
1. Back supports — 32"
2. Back supports — 32"
3. Face frame top/bottom — 26 1/2"
Board 2 · 68 3/8" left over
26 1/2"
1. Face frame top/bottom — 26 1/2"

3/4" × 1 1/2" — 1x2

3 boards · 2.3 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 91% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 6 5/8" left over
35"35"18"
1. Front trim — 35"
2. Front trim — 35"
3. Side trim — 18"
Board 2 · 4 5/8" left over
31 3/4"31 3/4"26 1/2"
1. Drawer-slide supports — 31 3/4"
2. Drawer-slide supports — 31 3/4"
3. Face frame middle rails — 26 1/2"
Board 3 · 14" left over
26 1/2"18"

1/4" × 16" — 1/4" plywood

1 board · 2.4 board feet (includes 15% for knots and defects) · 80% of the boards you buy used

Board 1 · 18 7/8" left over
25 1/4"25 1/4"25 1/4"
1. Drawer bottoms — 25 1/4"
2. Drawer bottoms — 25 1/4"
3. Drawer bottoms — 25 1/4"

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" × 5 1/2" — 1x6

Board 1 · 7 3/8" left over

Board 2 · 7 3/8" left over

Board 3 · 7 3/8" left over

Board 4 · 7 3/8" left over

Board 5 · 30 1/2" left over

3/4" × 3 1/2" — 1x4

Board 1 · 7 3/8" left over

Board 2 · 38 7/8" left over

3/4" × 2 1/2" — 1x3

Board 1 · 4 1/8" left over

Board 2 · 68 3/8" left over

3/4" × 1 1/2" — 1x2

Board 1 · 6 5/8" left over

Board 2 · 4 5/8" left over

Board 3 · 14" left over

1/4" × 16" — 1/4" plywood

Board 1 · 18 7/8" left over