I have recently been working for an out of business lumber mill a lot outside the homestead. This takes up quite a bit of my time these days. But when I am back at the off grid homestead I try to get some good work in. The most recent project was to build a large set of storage shelves to hold our preps and food storage.
We are homesteaders but also preppers. I think most homesteaders are sort of preppers in a way because we all put away our own food supplies during times of plenty such as the harvest or hunting season.
We needed a place to put all of our gear into one location for a better overview so I started bringing home some lumber from the mill. This is aged and sun grayed wood but still quite solid and usable. It fits nicely with the dark wood color of our tiny house as well so I did not sand or plane it before building.
I built 6 foot wide by 6 foot tall shelves that are 22 inches deep. This gives us a lot of storage space in what is now our storage room and my office.
I built three sections at 22 inches wide so it now spans one wall of the room.
The wood was a bit wet from recent snow so it took me some time to dry it all out before I could start putting things into the shelves. But when they were dry enough I brought over all our survival gear and started to sort it into the shelves. This includes our camping and hiking gear as well. But now it is all neatly in one place.
Literally one half of the shelving goes to my wife Melanie for food storage. The other half is for camping and survival. This works out perfectly and holds everything we needed to put in there.
The other side of the room is now my office. This is where I work on my videos and articles all day.
You can watch the videos of the construction below:
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