A small wood shelf can be used as a small desk or a small shelf for storage, but it needs to be built into your home. There are few things better than wood and a few things worse than plastic.
The problem is that wood is a hard material to work with. It is also one of the more expensive materials to buy, due to the fact that it takes longer to burn and can also rot more quickly. Plastic, on the other hand is easy to work with and a lot cheaper to buy. And so it is worth the extra money to get the wood and plastic version of a shelf that will last and last. If you want to read more about the plastic vs.
wood vs. plastic debate, check out the recent post on why you shouldn’t buy wood or you will never be able to afford a wooden kitchen island.
The plastic version of our shelf is made up of a lot of wood. Plastic is also a lot safer to work with, and because it does not go moldy or rot, it is much more economical to buy. Wood, on the other hand, is hard to work with and is more prone to warping. It also can be hard to clean. Plastic and wood are both good things to have, but they have their pros and cons.
Plastic is easy to cut with a knife or a saw, but if you have a saw but have a limited budget, you can look for a more affordable and durable alternative that is both safe and easy to clean. We all know that plastic is really cheap, but the cost of a plastic cutting saw is often higher than a cheaper alternative. This is because you need to purchase a saw that is more accurate than a plastic saw, and that saw is expensive.
Another way to save money is to invest in a wood alternative to plastic, like a sturdy, solid shelf made from wooden planks. It doesn’t mean you have to buy a saw, but it does mean that you don’t have to cut the wood, but rather buy a shelf made entirely of wood.
The shelves we purchased were made primarily of wood, but we also bought a plastic saw to make the cutting of the planks easier.
The problem is that plastic is expensive, and wood is super cheap. The plastic saws we bought were $20, and the wood planks were $12. Each saw cost us about $10 to make, and we ended up spending $10 on each saw because it would have been cheaper to buy them individually. That may be a small price to pay for convenience, but it doesn’t take into account the fact that wood planks are significantly cheaper than plastic ones.
So, in the end, the difference was very small. The plastic saws would have cost us about $20, the wood planks $10. We did take advantage of the convenience factor because we are using our wood planks for a project of my own which is a wood shelf for my home office.
