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This two piece shelf unit separates and folds flat with hinges at the top of each leg assembly. "Lid supports" on the underside of the top shelf unit can be seen helping to make it rigid. Bottom shelf uses the same system only proportionally smaller to fit. There are four tapered dowels, two under each leg assembly of top shelf unit. There are four holes, two on each side, on top of the bottom shelf, that locate the dowels and create a interlocking pair of shelves. |
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I set the top shelf up high enough to fit taller than average sized objects such as the gallon of water shown here. I purchased 3/4"- "Wenge" board stock as border material. For the working surfaces and center leg posts, I used 1/2" "Finished Birch" plywood. The prefabricated "Oak" railing was bought at Home Depot in ~5ft lengths, and my local woodworkers store supplied the "Oak" corner posts to butt the railing up against. |
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When I designed the bottom shelf, the two primary goals I had in mind where... A) Make the shelf's overall surface space about the same as the counter space just below it. B) Make the shelf's surface height even with the sink's surface height. (when the sink is in the raised position) The entire surface, of both shelves, is covered with three coats of a semi-gloss, heavy duty oil & urethane top coat. (made by "General Finishes") |
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The view to the right clearly shows the top shelf unit's under side w/ collapsed leg assemblies. Positioning dowels are also visible in the center of picture. |
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This was the first real wood-working project I've attempted since High School! (~ some 20 years ago) I'm proud of how it turned out, and am thinking of making a matching shelf to go to the left of the sink. (one on each side, maybe) |
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| The thumbnail picture to the right are drawings / plans I made to myself, of how I'd like to build this project, actually from before it got started upon. (click on photos to view a larger image) | 
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I'm not sure if I'd use the same exact supplies again. The wood was soooo.. expensive! Materials cost ~$200.- and I spent ~30 hours on it. Although ...I don't really have the guts to make another one using supplies that wont match. |
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