Miscellaneous Shelving
These are shelves and book cases I built as needed for the growing family, built entirely from reclaimed wood. Where I live there are a lot of people moving in/out and nearly once a week a bed frame ends up on the bulk dump pile they haul off once a month or so. Often these bed frames include a bunch of slats to support the mattress. These are usually the width of a mattress and often of surprisingly good quality: straight and smooth with beveled edges. This makes for great lumber to have in stock to build stuff like this.
This book shelf solved the first post-baby occurrence of we-have-too-much-stuff-where-do-we-put-it-all? I really liked the aesthetic of having a wider lower shelf for the larger and taller books, and angling the front legs to match. The back boards are leftovers from the siding used in the camper van conversion.
This shoe shelf solved an obvious problem. I used the same wider bottom shelf and slanted front legs, except that the shelves were made from a crib kit I reclaimed from a bulk discard pile. I had a feeling that would look good for a shoe shelf, but it turns out to be practical too as you can see what you're reaching for through the shelf above, and makes it blend with the room a bit more than if it were solid shelves.
Having all the kids books in the living room meant that many would eventually end up in a pile on the floor in the bedroom where we read bedtime stories in the evenings. Rather than attempt the insurmountable task of teaching him the impractical habit of putting his books back in the living room when he should be going to bed, I thought I'd build him a night stand with some shelving built in. I made sure there was room for tall books as well as tow levels for the shorter books. Here too I implemented the wider lower shelf with angled front legs aesthetic, it might be my signature design feature. While the material used is certainly a bit more stout than necessary, it does look quite good.
