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Advent Countdown House
Build a reusable family countdown cabinet with a gable roof, a four-column drawer grid and small wooden pulls.
Get to know the build.
24 steps with drawings. Materials: plywood and nails.
- Finished size · width × depth × height
- 18-7/16 × 7 × 24-15/16 in
- Stock used in the design
- 1/4 in plywood, 4 × 8 ft; 1/2 in plywood, 4 × 8 ft; Freeman 18-gauge 1-1/4 in glue-collated electrogalvanized brad nails; Titebond III Ultimate wood glue; BEHR PREMIUM PLUS 1 qt satin enamel exterior paint and primer; BEHR PREMIUM PLUS 1 qt Deep Base satin enamel exterior paint and primer; and more in the shopping list
- Tools to check
- Tape measure, Speed square, Pencil, Level, Circular saw, Straightedge cutting guide, Jigsaw, Brad nailer, Clamps (at least 2, bar clamps 24 in or longer), Small paintbrush, Safety glasses and Hearing protection.
Start with the plan.
Digital download. Materials, tools and the finished item are not included.
- Preparation packet PDF (shopping list, cut list, tools), 9 pages
- Build guide PDF, 53 pages
- Preparation packet PDF, metric (mm) (shopping list, cut list, tools), 10 pages
- Build guide PDF, metric (mm), 53 pages
- Offline animated 3D build guide (ZIP; open guide.html in a web browser; guide-metric.html for mm)