I made this shelf for flowers that is going to sit next to the windowsill. I like how it turned out overall, but I don't like the feet on the bottom. It's not stable enough without them, but I hate how they look. What would be a nicer shape?
>>2954979...alternatively what can I do differently?
You could box in the base instead of having feet on the bottom.
>>2954979Put a panel on the back and take the feet off and put little circles on
>>2954983Or just put triangles in the corners where your cross member meets the legs
>>2954985little circles?>>29549864 triangles? Will make it stable?
>>2954987Yes, very. It also means you can just recut and reuse the feet
>>2954987>>2954988Just make it flush with the outside of the legs and the top of the crossmember
>>2954988>>2954989Very nice, thank you. I will do so and report back later.
You could mount your shelf to the house. It doesn't need to be a standing table.
>>2954986>>2954988>>2954989Worked out great. It's absurdly stable, feels like it's grounded in concrete. I used the feet for the triangles. It looks a thousand times better aesthetically.I also tried a mockup of putting triangles on the top shelf as well by using the bottom back triangles, but it didn't look good and it felt unnecessary. Stabilty is fantastic as it is.
>>2954994I'd like to be able to move it for domestic reasons. Fixed doesn't work for me.
>>2954979Round the corners of the top and the feet
>>2955050>>2955045
>>2955045Looks good, anonYou gonna stain it?
>>2955075Yup. One layer linseed oil, wait a day, one layer yacht varnish. Those two are my go to for wood and I'm very happy with the results. I'll post it after the second layer is applied.
>>2954986>>2955045the mad man actually did it
>>2955081kek
Personally I'd put in more screws
>>2955081Honestly impressed, it's rare where someone asks for advice and then takes it in and posts resultsKudos OP
>>2955088Thanks :D. Advice is great, but people usually get confused when several options are presented and it becomes an impasse. IMHO it's important to test stuff, I tried several things and the idea of that anon was the best one in practice in my humble opinion.
>>2955088I can't understand why OP asked at all.
>>2955430Don't be a douche
>>2955045it looks good
