Bill sends up a project report:

> With two somewhat active children plus wifey and me, our front hall
> closet had become a jumbled pile of shoes, so I became determined
> to whack together a shoe organizer - just a simple 18" tall set of
> three shelves, essentially

which promts Jim to ask:

> Any others solved a similar dilema and have a pic to share? My 
> creative juices are running a little low with the start of school
> and both my wife and I starting new jobs ...

Indeed.  I've made three of these now, one for our front
closet, and others for relatives.  It's a pigeon hole
storage thing for hats/mitts/scarves/gloves.  It got to
the point where any attempt to acquire something from the
top shelf of the closet resulted in an avalanche of stuff
falling on yer head.  Perhaps you Galoots from sunny climes
won't have such problems, but when you have Winter and Kids
well, nuff said.

http://wdynamic.com/galoots/4images/data/media/60/100_3119.JPG

The outside frame is 1X12 pine (junk-wood from the local
home centre) through dovetailed.  Not that that is any kind
of "qualification"; these DTs are *ahem*, serviceable, not
decorative in any way. Centre shelf is also 1X12 pine, dado'd
into the ends.  The dividers were 1/4 hardboard (from a
dumpster) dado'd into the top/bottom and the middle shelf.
I got to use my 1/4 and 7/8 inch dado planes on these things.
Dado planes are great fun to use, and they're not too expensive.

-- 
Darrell
Oakville ON
Wood Hoarder, Blade Sharpener, and Occasional Tool User

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