The Bamboo Blog - Part 2

Step 1: Drill a hole down through the top of the shelf cross piece and through the side rail.

Step 2: Cut a piece of twine about 3 feet long and thread it from the bottom up, through both pieces.

Step 3: Make a knot at the bottom, but leave a few inches of twine on the end.

Step 4: Now criss-cross over the top a few times, and around the rail, on both sides.

Step 5: This part is cool. When you tighly wrap the twine between the two parts a few times, it really locks things down.

Step 6: Here's where the extra twine beyond the knot comes in handy. Tie the twine together with another knot at the bottom and cut off the extra.

Step 7: After attaching all the shelf pieces, I added a racking support cross piece on the back.

The finished shelf: I lightly sanded all the parts, lightly chamfered the sharp ends and added a quick coat of wax. Here you can see that I picked out a few curvy pieces for the top shelf, just to give it a little extra character.

Right at home in front of the mini bamboo jungle.