The Woodshop Shed

Essential Oil Trays

Furnished content.
(from Lumberjocks.com)


Two custom designed essential oil trays that I recently created—as my wife heavily uses them (as many do). She needed places to put these in various locations around our home. I couldn't come to terms with the cheap, Chinese-made metal caddies she would by off of Ebay/Amazon. I also didn't care for the typical stair-step wood displays which are all too common. So, as usual, I sat and wanted to design something unique.So after, fiddling with weird shapes, I decided on a “centerpiece” type caddy that was a circular shape. It would arrange the oil bottles similar to a clock. However, I did have an interesting puzzle to solve in the design—her oil bottles come in 2 sizes. How can I ensure the caddy would accommodate them all, and allow them to fit snugly? I decided to double-recess each slot—allowing the smaller bottles to fit concentrically within the larger slot. Therefore you can mix/match bottle sizes on each one.I created both 12-bottle and 24-bottle variants, shown above in both walnut and mahogany. A little mineral oil & beeswax and these look like a million bucks (well…almost). I'm looking to create some trays that are mix-match species or utilize different arrangements…potentially even incorporate a spot for a diffuser. Who knows?Check out all my woodworking adventures on Facebook/Instagram at @docsdesignsfurniture

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