A wooden shelf came home with us from church one day--about one foot wide by four and a half feet long, with slots along the back edge for pamphlets.
It sat in the garage for a while as I tried to figure out what to do with it.
Finally I had the idea of making it into a bench.
Then it sat for another long while, as I thought about how to make a base for it. The shelf has a back piece, and wooden brackets underneath, and is fairly heavy.
Eventually I got to the point where I wanted to get it out of my garage more than I cared about making an attractive base for it, and I decided that I could set it on two plastic milk crates, temporarily.
The milk crates that we have are strong enough to support the weight; some aren't.
I got it all set up with the milk crates opening toward the front, and then I put some of our larger books in them. We still have more books than bookshelves.
The bench works well as a place to put on boots and to unload things that are being brought in. The baby likes to climb up on it to look out of the front windows.
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