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I'm planning to build a small workshop in my garden at some point over the next few years. I'm thinking about it now because I might need planning permission and so on so I wanted to come up with a design. I've put something together and I chose to use 600mm centres for all my studwalls. The...

Hi all, Just something I noticed and thought I'd share: - Current price £4.60: Round edge Whitewood C16 CLS timber (L)2.4m (W)63mm (T)38mm | DIY at B&Q - Price last week £4.98: Round edge Whitewood C16 CLS timber (L)2.4m (W)63mm (T)38mm | DIY at B&Q The only other thing I checked there was...

Thanks for the feedback @Designer1, interesting comment on the plinths vs feet. I'll give it some thought. This is a good idea, would it basically go from the top of the bookcase to the bottom of the drawers? Or have I misunderstood?

Here's an update of what I'm thinking of now, thank you all for your input (especially @TheTiddles and @southendwoodworker ). All the units are slightly off the wall to accommodate a strip of wood to allow fixings. I went for 25x100 for no real reason, is there a better size? I've also left...

Thanks all, I'll try to take that on board and put together another design! :)

Thanks for your thoughts @southendwoodworker, Despite what I've said above, another vote for this probably means I'm overcomplicating it. Thanks for the feedback, I'll do some more thinking :) That's a really good suggestion, I could see something like that working for me.

Thanks @TheTiddles, let me dig into those: I've no doubt you're right! As I mentioned I don't fully understand what a plinth is meant to do except for giving you a decent level to work off. How would you recommend making it more appropriate? Again, you're probably right - but my wife wants...

Hi all, I've designed a set of cabinets to go into a built in wardrobe, I've never done something like this before (but I have watched lots of youtube) so I'd really appreciate your feedback and criticism of it to see if I can't make it better/viable. Mostly, I'd be interested to know if it's...

Thanks for all the comments all! Some really good advice here, I think you've saved me some money and trouble as I was planning to buy prefinished and it's a great point that if I'm trimming i'm going to have to finish those sections anyway. I take the point on removing the architraves but I...

Hi, I'm renovating my house (I'm mostly done now actually!) and the next thing I need to think about is replacing all the old crappy hollow-core doors with something a bit nicer. It seems there are tons of places online to buy them, and obviously places like Wickes and B&Q are also options. I...

Thanks for all your suggestions everyone! I've ordered myself some of the toughbuilt saw horses, they look like exactly what I'm after.

Hi, I'm renovating my house at the moment and I'm really tired of kneeling on the floor, using a piece of MDF propped up by bricks as a "workbench". I've designed a workbench in sketchup but it's going to take me a while to build, and there are a few urgent jobs I need to go to before I can...

Ah that's great, thanks @Chip shop that's really cool because I could do that with what I've got (y)

Thanks @DBT85 that router looks really interesting I appreciate the recommendation. At that price I'm really tempted!

Hi all, Hoping for some advice on a project I'm planning. We want to cover up our gas + electric meters with a cupboard, but as the cables run up the wall behind it, we'd like to basically have the cupboard go floor to ceiling. I'm pretty happy with most of the cabinet construction I think, but...