Comments on: Selecting the Right Materials for a Project https://sawdustgirl.com/selecting-the-right-materials-for-a-project/ Renovation, cabinet building and woodworking plans and tutorials. Build like a Girl® Mon, 27 Apr 2020 15:55:09 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 By: alexandra https://sawdustgirl.com/selecting-the-right-materials-for-a-project/#comment-52432 Fri, 24 Jan 2014 23:29:11 +0000 http://www.sawdustgirl.com/?p=5102#comment-52432 This post is soo informative! Thanks so much for sharing your wisdom Sandra. Can’t wait to see more projects from you!

]]> By: Sandra https://sawdustgirl.com/selecting-the-right-materials-for-a-project/#comment-10055 Mon, 08 Jul 2013 03:56:06 +0000 http://www.sawdustgirl.com/?p=5102#comment-10055 In reply to Monika.

I generally have a solid wood faceframe on all my MDF pieces so if something were to get bashed, it would be the wood not the MDF. However, MDF is pretty strong and it would take a dropping something very heavy or smacking it really hard to chip a 3/4″ shelf. Baseboards, on the other hand, are only 1/2″ thick at the thickest and the profile can be very thin. It doesn’t take much to break a thin piece of it.

]]> By: Monika https://sawdustgirl.com/selecting-the-right-materials-for-a-project/#comment-10054 Mon, 08 Jul 2013 00:44:10 +0000 http://www.sawdustgirl.com/?p=5102#comment-10054 Yet another question..I have MDF baseboards, and they chip easily.. A LOT.. how are your MDF project holding up? I would assume that anything that has a corner like bookshelves would chip, no?

]]> By: Tamara Asher https://sawdustgirl.com/selecting-the-right-materials-for-a-project/#comment-6532 Mon, 03 Sep 2012 16:24:05 +0000 http://www.sawdustgirl.com/?p=5102#comment-6532 Your website is so great. Thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge. You have inspired my husband & I over the years! Many thanks!

]]> By: Kimberly https://sawdustgirl.com/selecting-the-right-materials-for-a-project/#comment-6531 Fri, 31 Aug 2012 12:34:49 +0000 http://www.sawdustgirl.com/?p=5102#comment-6531 In reply to Sandra.

My mind has been blown by your awesome knowledge of plywood! We live in a cape cod cottage. It’s tiny. My living room is only 11 1/2×16. My husband works in IT so I would like to do 2 desk/bookcases to give our kids and me a separate work space. I am going to put a window seat with wooden boxes for storage between them. We are dedicated to living in a small home so I need to be making this space work better for us!

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