ORGANIZATION // rolling storage bench

The worst of the worst happened to me recently. Okay, maybe not the worst of the worst...but pretty bad. I either misplaced my beloved hand-me-down circular saw or it was stolen. I realized this when I wanted to use it to build a fancy mid century modern planter. Out of pure frustration and determination, and because, well...makers gonna make, I made the planter anyway. It was a total bust. 

I FINALLY purchased a new saw and had the unbelievable hankering to use it RIGHT THEN. I wanted to build something A) of all, very functional and B) of all, out of materials I already had.

Nathan uses the guest bathroom in our house. It's pretty small, and almost always messy (sorry to throw you under the bus, Nathan). I knew he needed somewhere to store his shoes and something to get his dirty clothes off the floor.
 
This was Nathan's "organizing solution" that I came up with quickly one day. Sadly, the bathroom never was this clean, and the cat is missing :( ​  

Anyway-my solution to curb my need to build and solve the bathroom organization problem -- A rolling bench / shoe rack! I had a 12” x 8’ board and left over wheels from previous projects. It took about 2.5 seconds to build. That's not true. It took probably 15 minutes to build.

What you need:
2 boards 12” x 36” (or desired length)
2 boards 12” x 12” (or desired height)
Circular saw
Pocket hole jig (optional)
8 screws 2 ½ “ long
4 caster wheels (I used these, but these would look awesome!) 
16 screws for wheels – mine were 1/2” long
Sand paper
Polyurethane
​Drill 
Long phillips head drill bit
 
STEP 1: cut wood
I cut my boards to size (3’ and 12” – 2 of each). 

STEP 2: screw boards together
I got fancy with it and used my recently purchased Kreg Pocket Hole Mini Jig to hide my screws for the top board. The bottom didn’t matter since…it’s the bottom. ​

This was the first real time I had ever used my Jig. It was pretty easy, but there was some trial and error. It came with a handy direction booklet, but who reads those the first time??? I didn't line mine up the correct way with my first pocket hole. The drill came through the wood a little bit (that shouldn't happen) and it wasn't in the center which is fine, but not ideal. After that...I read the directions. They were actually pretty straightforward.  

STEP 3: add wheels
I screwed on some wheels and there it was!

Of course I got excited and put it in the bathroom pre-maturely. I still need to sand down all the edges and corners, then paint with polyurethane to protect it from bathroom humidity.

This project opened a huge can of worms and now I've repainted and fixed up the whole bathroom. I'll post that soon! 

full bathroom reveal here

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