Building Your Own Wood Wall Shelves - Alternative to Purchasing Shelving Units

Wall shelves can serve as both decorative pieces and storage units to almost anywhere in the house. They can be positioned in the corner of a bedroom or living room. They can also be installed as hanging or wall mounted in an office, kitchen or study room.

Building Your Own Wood Wall Shelves - Alternative to Purchasing Shelving Units

Building Your Own Wood Wall Shelves - Alternative to Purchasing Shelving Units

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Building Your Own Wood Wall Shelves - Alternative to Purchasing Shelving Units

Building Your Own Wood Wall Shelves - Alternative to Purchasing Shelving Units

The most common choice among shelving units are the wooden wall shelves. Compared to other options, they are more stable and so they can hold more items of heavier weight. Apart from that, they also add a classic feel into a room that can not be perfectly pulled off by other materials.

However, wooden furniture, wooden shelves including, are usually a bit more expensive than others. There may still be some that can be purchased in cheaper prices but then, they are either used or with defects. If they are neither used nor with defects, it could be that their designs or carvings are not of quality or up for your taste.

To spare yourself from spending too much while making sure that the wooden shelf you get is exactly what you want and need, why not make your own unit? If you have the time and the skill, what's there to stop you from doing it? It is best alternative to purchasing wood wall shelves, so why not get into it?

And in order to make the construction of your very own wooden shelving unit a success, here are some tips that you should always remember.

Decide what kind of wood you will use for the unit. There are many types of woods suitable to be used as shelves. There is the oak, pine, maple, cherry and others. If you want, you can use recycled wood for your shelf. Select the area where the shelf will be placed and take the exact measurement. This is to make sure that the shelf will fit perfectly, not a bit large or a bit small, for the space allotted. Plan the design of your shelf. Make sure that you will make will meet what you need for a shelf. For example, if there is a possibility that more items will be placed into the shelving unit in the near future, you may want to make adjustable to which additional panels can be added. Before you start the actual making of your wooden shelf, gather all the tools that you will need first. That will save you from going back and forth to retrieve the tools that you will need for the moment. When done, paint and varnish the unit. Choose a paint that suits well to the room where it will be placed. After that, apply a protective varnish to finish your work.

With making your own wood wall shelves you really can save money while ending up with a quality products. However, if you are just not into building things, you can still get a wood shelving unit that is not that expensive. You just have to be very patient when looking for them though.

Building Your Own Wood Wall Shelves - Alternative to Purchasing Shelving Units

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Lipid Digestion

Most natural whole foods have inherent enzymes capable of completely or partially digesting lipids if the enzymes are not destroyed through heat and processing. This widely underestimated value of whole, raw, fresh foods has been by and large ignored.

Lipid Digestion

Lipid Digestion

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Lipid Digestion

Lipid Digestion

A common argument against the value of inherent food enzymes is the presumed inhospitability of the gastrointestinal tract to all complex proteins. In other words, it is argued that enzymes within the food would simply be broken down into individual amino acids and would not have a chance to effect their enzymatic action which depends upon intact secondary and tertiary structure, the folding of protein chains.

There is considerable evidence, however, that enzymes as well as other macromolecules are able to survive the rigors of digestion. Examples include the ability of bacteria, salivary ptyalin, amylase and pollen to not only survive the digestive tract but be absorbed into the circulation.1-3 Another interesting example of the importance of natural food enzymes is the capability of bile activated lipase in milk to pass into the small intestine intact. This enzyme has thus far been identified in human, dog, cat and non-human primate raw mammary milk. If the enzyme is destroyed through pasteurization, growth has been shown to be cut in half compared to those receiving the enzyme in the whole, raw, natural product. 4-6

Although inherent food enzymes may be a virtue of raw natural foods since they can assist in the digestive process, they are often the enemy in processed foods. Lipase, for example, has the capability under the right conditions to begin hydrolyzing fatty acids from their glycerol backbone. However, this is undesirable in processed foods since once the fatty acids are split they may then more readily degrade and create various off-flavors as well as potentially toxic oxidized molecules. Lipoxygenase found in some raw seeds can catalyze the oxidation of unsaturated fatty acids. Such nutrient degrading enzymes are inactivated by heat (and germination -- a better way) in processing methods. 7

Fresh "from the vine" fatty acids are still ensconced within protective cells and normally do not degrade unless separated from their natural context. Lipoxygenase in soybeans, for example, is activated as soon as the bean is split. Thus food enzymes are an enemy to the food processor who seeks shelf life, but a potential nutritional benefactor.

Food enzymes prepared from microbiological cultures can be used as supplements to replace enzymes lost during processing. These dried, or oil emulsified products, are activated only when hydrated in the digestive tract and can assist in the digestive process.8

DIGESTIVE MECHANISMS
Endogenous digestion proceeds through many steps. When a food is eaten, mastication helps separate the fats from the other components of the food. This permits digestion by enzyme systems which allow less than 5% of fats to pass undigested. Digestion can begin with the secretion of serous glands on the back of the tongue in some species, including humans, continue in the stomach through the action of gastric lipase, and be completed by pancreatic lipase excreted into the small intestine. As lipids enter the duodenum, various hormones such as secretin and cholecystokinin are stimulated. These hormones influence lipid digestion by affecting the pH of the intestinal contents, the release of pancreatic lipase, and the secretion of bile.

The increase in pH that occurs as the food bolus Moves into the duodenum is necessary for the activity of pancreatic lipase. Secretion of bile salts from the liver emulsifies the products of lipolysis incorporating them into micelles which are complexes of bile salts, phospholipid molecules, and cholesterol. (Fig. 11)

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Shorter chain fatty acids complexed with albumin are capable of being absorbed both in the stomach and in the small intestine. Longer chain triglycerides are disassembled in the small intestine by lipase, solubilized in micelles, and transported into mucosal cells (enterocytes) as free fatty acids. monoglycerides and small amounts of glycerol, diglycerides, cholesterol, and phospholipids. Once in the mucosal cell these components are reassembled into triglycerides, then complexed with protein, carbohydrate or phosphate and incorporated into chylomicrons which are a type of lipoprotein that permits transport of lipids within the watery medium of the blood. The inner core of the chylomicron is composed of nonpolar triglycerides and cholesterol esters, and the membrane is polar being made up of phospholipids, cholesterol, and proteins which permit solubility in blood. (Fig. 12)

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Many more details of lipid digestion have been worked out quite intricately by researchers.9-14 It is interesting to note in this process that the principle of nothing working in isolation holds particularly true. The coordination of a variety of factors within the food itself and within the organism makes possible delivering lipids to the organism for energy and myriad metabolic processes.

Fats are not simply consumed and then passively absorbed through the walls of the intestine. Rather they are prepared by intricate emulsification systems, broken down in specific patterns by enzymes, absorbed by complex mechanisms, reassembled, and prepared for delivery to the body through complexing with a variety of other nutrients. These processes make it possible for non-water-soluble lipid components to be delivered efficiently throughout organisms which are comprised primarily of water… an incredible feat.

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Lipid Digestion

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Pergola Plans - How to Build a Pergola Attached to House

It's easy to get discouraged about building a pergola when you look at pergola plans, designs, and photos on the Web. Sure it would be nice to build a replica of the Taj Mahal in your backyard, but who can really afford something like that, much less have the skills to build it? I think what most people are looking for are smaller, more modest pergolas they can build themselves without a contractor. It won't be the easiest outdoor project you'll ever take on, but if you keep the plan design simple, just about any DIYer can build a nice-looking pergola without spending a fortune.

Pergola Plans - How to Build a Pergola Attached to House

Pergola Plans - How to Build a Pergola Attached to House

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Pergola Plans - How to Build a Pergola Attached to House

Pergola Plans - How to Build a Pergola Attached to House

Most houses in my part of the country have a small deck off the kitchen or master bedroom. That seems to be standard for new construction. Problem is that these open decks get blasted continuously with sunLight, and will bake you alive in summer if you try to spend any time out there.

And that's not to mention the sunLight damage to your deck boards. So what I've seen a lot of people do is simply attach a pergola to the side of the house and let the rafters hang over the deck or patio. This blocks just enough sun to make spending time outside more pleasant, as well as give a deck or patio a little added protection from UV rays.

That's not to say you necessarily have to attach a pergola to the side of your house. There are plenty of pergola plans for building free-standing structures, maybe something that will sit a little farther out in the yard. You'll want to understand the difference between these two kinds of construction, though (attached pergolas and stand-alone pergolas) because one is definitely not like the other.

Attached Pergola
By far, the easier approach to building a pergola is to attach it to the side of your house, garage, or some other existing structure. The idea is to use the stability of what's already in your yard to keep your pergola in place. This means less planning, fewer materials, and much quicker construction than building a free-standing pergola. If you already have a deck in place, this will make the job even easier. An existing deck gives you the perfect foundation for mounting the main posts of a pergola, which is a key component in making your pergola stay upright. The other key component of an attached pergola is the ledger - a board that you'll attach to the side of your house to support the rafters. If you can get these two structural components set up properly, constructing the rest of an attached pergola is fairly easy

Stand-Alone Pergola
A stand alone pergola can be a stunning addition to your backyard or patio. These kinds of pergola plans, though, are a little more challenging than the type you attach to the side of your house. As with any kind of free-standing structure, you'll need a secure foundation to keep the pergola from blowing over in a brisk wind. This means having to dig at least four holes in the ground and then setting posts in concrete to create footings. Keep in mind that any time you start digging holes around your house you run the risk of hitting something that the city might have buried there (like cable and gas lines). Call your utility companies first to let them know about your project plans. They'll come out and mark the location of any buried cables you might have around the house. After that you'll be ready to go. If all this sounds a little intimidating...laying out footings, digging post holes, pouring concrete...you might consider finding a contractor to take on this stage of the pergola project. This will free you up to concentrate on building the frame, rafters, and other more decorative parts of a pergola.

Pergola Plans - How to Build a Pergola Attached to House

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How to Build Wooden Shelving

There are many people out there look to find out how to build wooden shelving. The fact is that it is not all that hard, and we are going to look at the basic things that you are going to need. We are also going to look at the basic starting process of hot to build wooden shelving.

How to Build Wooden Shelving

How to Build Wooden Shelving

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How to Build Wooden Shelving

How to Build Wooden Shelving

The first thing that you need to know is that you cannot just use a piece of wood and a bracket to make a shelf. Now, yes, it might seem like is it that easy, but there are many different types of shelves out there, ones that look like home made shelves, and those that look like they were made by a professional. The great thing about it is that you are able to make them both, if you want to go with the ones that look like that are made by a professional you will have to follow certain steps and you will need to know exactly how to build wooden shelving, even before you start.

The first piece of the puzzle is the wooden component. You will need to first figure out what type of wood you are going to use. This does depend on where you are suing the shelf. You do not want to get dark rooms in your bed room, unless of course you are going for that darker feel in there. However, most f the time you will need to take Lighter wood in a bed room.

If you want to make use of dark wood you will find that the living room, or TV room is the best place for that. Here you can go all out and put wood just about anywhere. If you have wooden floors, however, you will want to get a matching wood to use for your shelving, otherwise it is going to end up looking a little funny.

Now, wood in not the only thing you are going to need. You will need to get screws, saws and sander as well as a lot of other things if you are going to build a professional looking shelf for your home or to hang on your wall.

You will also have to remember that the shelf that hangs on the wall will not be the same type of shelf that stands on the floor and that holds your TV and other heavy appliances. You will have to get heavy duty shelving for this job, so you will need to read up on that too, that is of course if you are going to build your own TV and component units.

To start off with, if you are looking to save a little money, you will want to get your pieces of wood precut for you. This will require you to take precise measurements, so be careful and start doing that before you do anything else. If you do it right you will know exactly how to build wooden shelving, because you will have planned it all on paper first.

How to Build Wooden Shelving

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