Supplies

Tools

  • Wood Glue
  • Wood clamps
  • Saw horses
  • Table saw
  • drill and bits
  • Wood working pocket hole kitPocket Hole Jig Kit - EZ Pro Deluxe 850 General Tools and Instruments

Process

 

  1. Measure the opening (width) between my counter and refrigerator to determine the max width of a shelf I could build for the space leaving a 1/2″ gap for a 1/4″ gap on either side of the shelf.
  2. Measured the length from the baseboard (which added a 1/2″ lip from the wall) to the front of the refrigerator and counter to determine the length of my shelf.
  3. I measured from the floor to the top of the cabinets above the refrigerator to determine height and then subtracted for the height of the wheels.
  4. I started with

    1 in. x 4 in. x 6 ft. Select Kiln-Dried Square Edge Whitewood Board as the fascia front piece and began building the outside frame.

  5. Look closely at the picture and you will see that I used small scrap pieces of wood underneath each shelf so that I wouldn’t have to screw holes through my fascia piece (yes I now understand I should have bought  a woodworking pocket kit to have saved a lot of trouble and time on building this and the 40+ wood screens we made for our house.)
  6. Once the box framing was secured in place and the shelves were all secured in place we drilled holes on the inside fascia (1×4) for the dowels that didn’t show through the front fascia piece. On the rear panel we drilled all the way through the rear 1×4 and added wood glue to the dowels.
  7. We then added the four coaster wheels to the bottom
  8. stained and lacquered it