Thread: We Have Skills Too !!

nice work. what kind of woods did you use?

Originally Posted by RezDog

These are the new closets in my bedroom.

I see one problem though they may be hard to dust.....

The rails and stiles are spalted alder and the panels and strips are red and yellow cedar. I have others like these in my house and they are not difficult to keep clean. Once a year just a quick vacuum with the upholstery brush and it is good for another year. There are no "regular" closets in my house, they are all some form of built in cabinet, and all of the bedroom closets are a similar style.

Very nice work Rez!

WOW! Rez, those are quite nice. Excellent work!

Our home that I grew up in from the age of about 9 to 18 years of age had the traditional 'in the wall' clothes closets with the exception of the one my two younger brothers shared. There wasn't a closet when we moved in and my maternal grandfather brought in a large wooden 'box' that he'd found and then put a clothes rod inside and that's what my brothers used.

That wooden 'box' was the shipping container for a coffin. Grandpa had attached hinges to the lid and modified it in to the new 'closet'.

I recently saw that my old home was for sale and the pictures didn't show the 'closet' so that room couldn't be considered a bedroom but was called an 'Office Space'.

Honest to GOD, this is True!

There was a period in time when you had built in cabinets and a small space for a bed and that was the entire room. People did not have a lot of stuff and rooms were small as a result. Later furniture became a little more affordable for "the working class". People got more stuff and more furniture and rooms got bigger. Honestly IF I could do it all the way I wanted the bedrooms would all have dressers and armoires. The rooms would have to be a little bigger, nut ould give more options for furniture arrangements. I think it was pretty ingenious of your grandfather to have recycle a shipping crate into a closet. Thanks you gentlemen for all your kind words.

Latest woodworking project:

After finishing the bed project I started a new project. My son's school have an annual auction to raise money and each family is asked to donate something so I decided to build a pie safe - typically it is a gift basket of items or a gift certificate. I was very happy with the result and the school was happy also.

Building the case


Building the doors


Putting the hinges on the cabinet and fitting the doors


Putting the back on the cabinet - used individual boards - the boards inside the cabinet have a bead where the ship lap joints meet. One board to go on the bottom.


Finally done

Will the school use it ?
Did you hand punch all those holes in the aluminum? Is that aluminum?

They auctioned off Friday night and because the person that bought it only had a car - I offered to throw in delivery.

I did not punch the holes - they are actually tin. I started and it was taking so long that I ended up buying them so I could focus on the construction and finish.