1. Shoe Organizer
A rack to store shoes and stop them from mucking up your floor is easy to build using a few simple materials. Pieces cut from a 1 x 3 are attached to a 1 x 4, with dowels fixed in between using carefully drilled holes.
2. Wood Bench
It doesn't have to be hard to build a bench - all you need is a board and 18 screws. Pieces are cut from the board and attached with the screws to make a simple, beautiful and functional piece.
3. Magazine Storage Containers
These are simple to build using two 6-ft long 1 x 4s and a 2 x 4 sheet of 1/4 in. plywood.
4. Coat Rack
A coat rack can be made by attaching hooks to 6-ft long 1 x 4s. Paint or finish can be used to give the rack a polished look.
5. Spice Rack
You can build a spice rack that fits into a drawer in an hour using scraps of 1/4 in. and 1/2 in. plywood. It looks kind of like a tiny staircase, and enables you to see the labels of all your spices in the drawer.
6. Cottage Shelf
Try making a shelf using thick forked branches as supports, giving it a rustic look. Use a stud finder and drywall anchors to fix it to the wall.
7. Step Stool
A very attractive looking step stool can be made out of an 8 ft. 1 x 8 board and a 4 ft. 1 x 3 board. The boards are cut into pieces and the pieces are attached using biscuit and glue.
8. Recycling Storage Rack
All you need to build this and better organize your recycling are five plastic containers, six 2 x 2s and screws, and it can be built in an hour. The 2 x 2s are assembled into a rack to hold the containers using the screws.
9. Sliding Bookend
Make a bookend that can accommodate the movement of books or DVDs by cutting a 6 x 6 square out of a 3/4 in. thick board, then cutting a notch into it that's slightly wider than the shelf.
10. Boot Scraper
Traditionally used by Swedish farmers, a handy tool to scrape mud and gunk off your boots can be made out of a row of sharp-cornered slats attached to a couple of 2 x 2s.
Photos credit to : The Family Handyman
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