Kitchen shelf built for the family..
The least I could do for my grandmother My grandmother (my mother's mom) has always lived by herself after grandfather passed away a few years back. Her erstwhile apartment was in the same municipality as our house, but it took around 15 mins commute via cycle / rickshaw. Recently she shifted into a new apartment which is just 5 mins from our house on foot. While shifting, mom noticed that the kitchen spice/groceries rack that grandma uses is literally falling apart - it was bought when my mom was born ! Yes - that cabinet was more than 50 years old !! Sensing that the piece of furniture is well past it's expiry date, my mom asked me to build a newer bigger one for my grandmother. I went ahead and took some measurements of the corner the rack was planned to be placed in, and went to work. The carcass is made with Sal wood (utilizing half lap joints) held together with glue. Further strengthened with corner braces nailed+glued together. Clamped together while