Adventures in Remuddling

With the basic design in mind, Tig measured out and planned the study niche. He determined that the first shelf would be 18 inches off the ground, the next shelf 16 inches from that, and the last one 14 inches higher. He went out and bought a supply of one-bys.

First he cut them into manageable sized pieces. Then he used the router to make the shelf supports (more on his cool router setup later).

Here’s a closeup of the shelf support. It’s not identical to the other shelf supports, but we didn’t want to have to buy another router bit. We wanted to follow the general feel, not create a perfect replica.

After routing, Tig used a miter box (we have no chop saw) to cut 45 deree angles where two supports meet. The next step was to prime the pieces.