Cover for toaster oven

My family has a habit of putting things down on any flat surface, including the toaster oven, which is bad news if the thing is plastic, or wrapped in plastic. At Memsahib's request, I made this little cover to fit neatly over the top of the oven. It is birch panel, finished with a mix of black cherry and chocolate (Yeah, yeah! I applied it with my tongue. ) and four coats of shellac. Didn't put shellac on the bottom, in case it could melt and stick to the toaster oven, which would kinda defeat the purpose.

Great idea Roger, we do the same with ours and, of course, plastic melts and did on ours I am going to use your idea iffin you don't mind

the heat doesnt affect the oven or the wooden shelf?