Bottle Shelves

Not strictly gardening, but as it's (partly) recyled, and I've neglected you recently, I thought I'd share a recent woodworking project with you.

After inheriting some lovely handtools and desiring some nice wooden furniture our house, I decided that the obvious solution was to make some myself. A while back She Who Does Not Dig had seen some shelves made of recycled bottles so as she was away for a few weeks recently I thought I’d make them for her. The design I saw had no joints at all, just held together by bottles and turnbuckles, so in an effort to make it more educational for myself I added in back supports held on by lap joints. As I hadn’t picked up a saw for anything much since high school this wasn’t as straighforward as it could have been!

After much effort – the last joint took a tenth of the time of the first but it’s going to be a lot of projects before I can chisel out a joint quickly and accurately – this is what I produced. It’s not much, but not too bad for a first effort I’d like to think. Absolutely loved the process of making it, so am currently plotting my next attempt.