We were going to go hiking, but it rained…
The dark, dreary day made us decide to play a few rousing games of Ping-Pong. Upon descending the basement stairs we glanced to where we remembered our Ping-Pong table was -- only to find a pile of boxes totally obscuring it from sight. Ah yes, now I remembered, we piled those boxes there after our last major life event. By that I mean the holidays, which we celebrated just a scant seven months ago. Which leads me to:
Which leads me to:
We had a basic concept of what we wanted and quickly agreed on the best way to use the boards and what size shelves we would create. With that decided, we started happily measuring (twice) and cutting (once), punctuated by numerous trips to the garage for tools – drills, screws, screwdrivers, saws, etc. The tools kept accumulating. Which leads me to:
Initial Success! We started by building the framework, which actually turned out strong and evenly cut!! (we over built it to the point where we laughed at how it could be used as protection in the next tornado) Now all we needed was the finishing touch – the actual shelves measured, cut and secured. As we walked through the home improvement store, we realized that one thing we hadn’t considered was the standard shelving widths. The less expensive board lengths were only 6”, 8” 10” widths – we needed 20” by 45”. On the opposite wall where some quality boards in 19.75” by 48”. Would they work? Which leads me to:
We thought so… I mean would a ¼” really matter? After looking again at the structure and finding a small “L” bracket to hold the shelves in place, we decided to go with it. After a bit of trimming, sanding and sweating, the shelves were finally in place and fit quite nicely. Looking at our finished shelving unit with great pride and sense of accomplishment, we suddenly realized that the “Free Board to Shelves Project” we started a mere 11 hours ago ended up costing us approximately seventy dollars, as well as a few bumps and splinters in our hands. But I’ve got to say nothing could compare to the pride in knowing we’d built such a beautiful knotty pine shelving unit all on our own! Which leads to:
Enjoy your next project!
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Amanda
10/18/2015 10:45:31 pm
This is great!!! I love the way you compared the two tasks. it was a fun read!
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