Finally feel like I got somewhere in the studio. After I got the front and back face of the record storage/daybed/bench glued up, I had structural concerns. I stalled for while, came up with a solution of adding a central section to help distribute the weight and also give me a place to tie the shelf into within the framework. Things seem more solid now. Started gluing in the crossbars, should be able to glue in the central section tomorrow. Then onto building the actual shelf and then the upholstered top!