A Sprinkler in the Rain

Too Much Music, Too Little Shelving Units

For quite some time, I've had too many CD's. The racks have overflowed, and it was finally time to do something about it.

With a handy Lowes gift card, I picked up a circular saw and with a bunch of cold hard credit, I purchased a bunch of lumber.

Armed only with a crude sketch and some ideas, we started construction at the Snicklefritz ranch.

We spend the first evening measuring the lumber two or three times and returning to the sketch and a calculator to refigure the measurements. Then I made sure to read the instruction manual for the saw to ensure safety and proper precautions.

Early Thanksgiving morning, we started cutting, sanding, gluing, and screwing the pieces of lumber.

At the end of the day, we had exhausted both batteries for the cordless drill and were forced to call it a night.

Early Friday morning, I finished attaching the bottom six shelves and puttied the screw holes to the best of my ability. Sanded everything once more and now I'm waiting to pick up the last piece of lumber, for we were one shy. That way I can add a kick plate and we can start staining.

Not bad for two days' work and little real construction skills.