It has been a while, and I am so happy to be back working on some fun builds in the garage! For my anniversary my husband got me a new router and so I wanted a really low pressure project where I could learn how to use it, but was also something functional.
I originally saw plans for a small work bench where the shelves doubled as steps in
Family Handyman magazine, but it was really small and narrow. I redesigned the plans to make them wider since if I am going to have a table in the garage it needs to have a decent amount of space. It also makes it wide enough that you can flip up the top and use it to sit down on (since I often work directly on the garage floor, I like having somewhere to sit)
The other modification I made was to make the steps themselves wider so i could use them as storage or display space when I wasn’t using the bench. You can see how I am currently using it on my front patio with fall plants.
It is actually a really flexible piece of furniture. The original plans called for it to be unfinished, but I had some stain samples and I always have leftover paint lying around, so I finished it out. (Although that probably wasn’t necessary since it will live in my garage!)