Shelving and Stands
Curved Plant Stand
with hand turned legs and multi-laminate curved aprons
The entire length of this south facing window is 146”, or roughly 12 feet long. Seemed like the perfect opportunity to create a sleek plant shelf. I started with the top, which was a solid piece of Cherry. Then created a form for glueing up the aprons. Last, I turned the legs on the lathe. There is a rear apron that is screwed into the molding at two locations to keep it stable.
I built the turntable stand to accommodate the size of my head unit and turntable. The two lower shelves of the Turntable Stand accommodate vinyl records as well as the lower sections of the speaker stands. I made it out of some scarp mahogany I had lying around the shop. The speaker boxes are Sapele and open in the back to accommodate studio speakers
Turntable Stand & Speaker Boxes
This corner room faces east and south, so another good opportunity for plants without taking up too much room! That Cherry plant shelf is only 6 inches deep and the legs taper inward, so it doesn’t use up too much of my wife’s art room. The bookshelf is actually two, 2 foot wide Mahogany bookshelves on a toe-kick, attached to the studs..
Tall Plant Stand and Mahogany Book Shelf
This smaller plant stand is in the same room as the above. Also, Cherry and mounted to the window sill. This one is only 5 inches deep and the corners are rounded to not get in the way.
Small Plant Stand
When I was in woodworking school, so many people would throw away what they thought were useless scraps of exotic woods, like Yellowheart, Bloodwood, Padauk, etc.. I started hoarding their trash and eventually used a 1/2 glass plate to glue up scraps into tops. This is where your color theory and design balance from art school come into play! Being this was my first piece like this, It was a little too thin so I made a bent support arm to give it a little help!