Hello all.
I found the forum while searching for ideas and techniques for my first project.
We're having a house built and the drop zone the builder supplies isn't that great, so I’ve decided to build my own.
This is the area I have to work with - it's actually a closet as standard so I've asked them to omit the closet and leave the alcove 'clean' with flush side walls.
So, without further ado, this is what I have planned – I don’t have a 3D rendering yet so this is just the front elevation.
The seat (blue) will be 18” off the floor and the underside of the cubby holes (green) will be 6’ off the floor, putting the coat hooks (grey circles) at 5’ 9” off the floor.
This is a bit higher than I’d like but it’s to ensure a minimum of 4’ 3” to the seat, to allow for long coats.
The dimensions of the alcove are as follows
I plan to build it in 3 stages – the seat, the back wall, the cubby holes.
The seat will be a single open compartment with two hinged lids.
I decided to go for a single compartment to allow for larger items to be stored, such as umbrellas, etc.
It can always be divided up later if required, or even use baskets of some sort.
The back wall is just going to be some simple panelling using 6” x 1” poplar boards at the top and bottom and 3” x 1” poplar for the verticals.
The cubby holes will be 10” high internally, 12-18” deep (I haven’t decided yet).
I have deliberately over engineered it as I want all of the frame and edges to be chunky and I figured the easiest way to do that was to clad 2x4 in plywood and finish the face off with poplar.
What follows is my plan for the seat, which has two hinged lids.
Rather than type it all out, I’ve just saved my project plan as images and attached them to the post.
I would appreciate any feedback, suggestions, or gotchas which I may have overlooked.
Regards
I found the forum while searching for ideas and techniques for my first project.
We're having a house built and the drop zone the builder supplies isn't that great, so I’ve decided to build my own.
This is the area I have to work with - it's actually a closet as standard so I've asked them to omit the closet and leave the alcove 'clean' with flush side walls.
So, without further ado, this is what I have planned – I don’t have a 3D rendering yet so this is just the front elevation.
The seat (blue) will be 18” off the floor and the underside of the cubby holes (green) will be 6’ off the floor, putting the coat hooks (grey circles) at 5’ 9” off the floor.
This is a bit higher than I’d like but it’s to ensure a minimum of 4’ 3” to the seat, to allow for long coats.
The dimensions of the alcove are as follows
I plan to build it in 3 stages – the seat, the back wall, the cubby holes.
The seat will be a single open compartment with two hinged lids.
I decided to go for a single compartment to allow for larger items to be stored, such as umbrellas, etc.
It can always be divided up later if required, or even use baskets of some sort.
The back wall is just going to be some simple panelling using 6” x 1” poplar boards at the top and bottom and 3” x 1” poplar for the verticals.
The cubby holes will be 10” high internally, 12-18” deep (I haven’t decided yet).
I have deliberately over engineered it as I want all of the frame and edges to be chunky and I figured the easiest way to do that was to clad 2x4 in plywood and finish the face off with poplar.
What follows is my plan for the seat, which has two hinged lids.
Rather than type it all out, I’ve just saved my project plan as images and attached them to the post.
I would appreciate any feedback, suggestions, or gotchas which I may have overlooked.
Regards
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