Bench Seat and Storage Shelves

Today we framed in a bench seat (w/ enhanced levels of storage! aka a shelf below it) using whatever wood was available in the rafters of the garage (owing to the holiday it is apparent that no hardware stores are open). In the infinite future an additional joist will be added for the top shelf since it may need to support the weight of a couple of people sitting along the bench.

While the intent here is to store file boxes and books, it could potentially make a nice chicken coop. (joking)