The Tie-Shelf

This is an old project. I started the Tie-shelf years and years ago. The components are: a piece of Pine Skirting board , 5 hook nails, 5 curtain pole hoops , 4 Pozi screws (cant remeber size – dont think i knew at the time ), Wood Glue plus 2 fixings and screws.

First i measured the space below my mirror and decided to make my shelf slightly shorter than the width of the mirror, then i cut the skirting in into two pieces the correct length. I decided on which piece would be the top ( the more interesting piece of grain) and marked out the position of the four equidistant screws to join the two boards and Pre drilled the holes. Then screwed the two boards together to form a the shelf and support.

As i had so much space on the support i came up with using it for dual purpose. As its below my mirror i thought of using it for my ties, which i have a couple of. To do this i simply hammered the five hook nails into the support board equidistantly then used curtain pole hoops to put the ties on, these hang from the hook nails using eyelets.

I attached the tie-shelf using two small (yellow) raw plugs.

Sadly the tie-shelf sat on my workbench in the garage for many years , just getting in the way. So one day i brought it inside, planning to put it up, several months later i finally did it.

 

That was several months ago itself, heres a  pic of the Tie-shelf being used as it was intended. Well the keys was an after thought, and have know been replaced by a scarf.