Spend a couple of afternoons this week in the shop working on the ganddaughters storage lockers.

This is the project in the Lowe's flyer recently PICT0006.JPG.

I'm making three for the granddaughter's and their mother, our daughter, says, can you make them so they are side by side, but later, if I want to separate them they will look good as free standing units.

So, me thinks, I need some counsel.

Currently the lockers are in this form: PICT0004.JPG 15" wide, 15.5" deep and 60" tall. Idown sized the Lowe's plans to reduce cost and size.

They get face frames, a door 32 " long from the top down to the bottom of the middle fixed shelf. There are adjustable shelves in the space above and below the fixed middle shelf. The bottom shelf has a dowel 2" above, like in the sample pic, to contain balls and other rolling objects.

Here's a couple of questions I'm unsure about:

If viewed as one unit, should I join them with a common top. That is, one piece to over all three lockers?

Of join them with one piece of molding on the front and two ends.

If viewed individually, should I have three separate tops in the closet to put on when needed? Or more molding. Or something else.

Or, what other ideas would you all suggest.

The material is MDF, primed with KILZ, and will get an "Eggplant" color semi gloss finish to match her kitchen walls.

All comments are welcome.

Thanks for your consideration.

Tom Hamilton