My daughter in law requested I build a boot bench for the grandsons.  The bench is 50" long, 20" deep and 18" inches tall.  The crates will provide a place to put boots. gloves and other winter clothing items.  It is made from poplar and she is going to stain it and put a wash over the top of the stain.  Next up is a matching wall rack to hang coats from.

 

Now that's cool!

Ron that is fantastic! What I love about it is the thickness of the lumber you used. it gives it a semi industrial but classy look to the design. The cross members look really cool too. Did you dado one side of the intersection of the cross members to fit the other into?

This will be a piece of furniture that will last well into the next generation, great job sir.

You nailed it John.  I half lapped a dado on each side.  This was a deal where she handed me a drawoing and said, "Can you make this?"  The coat rack may be a little more "creative".

You nailed it John.  I half lapped a dado on each side.  This was a deal where she handed me a drawoing and said, "Can you make this?"  The coat rack may be a little more "creative".

Half lap, that was the terminology I was looking for.

Well now you have the base design down, at least you got something to feed off of now for the top. Keep using varying thickness of lumber in the design whatever you do, It think it looks great like that, having a piece of furniture where everything is all 4/4 is very boring. You managed to make this even more interesting by the varying thicknesses.

That is a very nice project there Ron. Well done!

Lots of ventilation  for those boots, gloves and such to "air out".

+1 for what Allen said about the ventilation. Great build!!

WOW! That's one sturdy piece of furniture! And, it's pleasing to the eye, too. 

Great build, Ron. 

 

Looking forward to the matching piece and the final finish.

My son and I measured and the distance from the floor to the corner of the top is exactly kneecap high.  I have the feeling that this will be the object of much pain.

Wow, you out did yourself on this one. That is awesome! I love the design and everything about it. I really like the cross brace at the ends, and the crates are really cool (no pun intended).

But Ron, I have 10 grandkids! 

 

Great Job.

We can make a stackable model Ward!

nice piece.  I like the rustic look.  Should last generations.

Maybe not Cliff.  I'm guessing that about the 3rd time my son cracks his knee on the corner, it will be gone or moved.

The boot bench now has his mate, a wall hung coat rack.  The panels are just stuck in there  and the coats hook are not screwed in for demonstration purposes.  There is a 3/8" groove routed in the top of the shelf so that pictures can be displayed on the shelf.

 

The boot bench now has his mate, a wall hung coat rack.  The panels are just stuck in there  and the coats hook are not screwed in for demonstration purposes.  There is a 3/8" groove routed in the top of the shelf so that pictures can be displayed on the shelf.

 

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Wow that is awesome Ron. I love the panels!!

Ron, very nice man, the panels are cool, I am assuming those are tin ceiling panels?

You do incredibly clean work Ron, nice lines, tight joints, clean and tidy, signs of a great woodworker. 10 thumbs up on this one.

Believe it or not John, those panels are plastic.  They were cut from a sheet of backsplash.  I cut the panels, measured them and made the wall rack to fit the panels.  Thanks for the complement.  As I age, I am convinced that woodworking is half skill and half the quality of tools you use.  You don't build quality with cheap tools.