Hidden at the bottom of the drawer they'll always be

The first block of drawers just needs staining and lining. This is actually the second pass at building these drawers. I initially used 1x stock and was very unhappy with the blockiness of the look and the roughness of the wood. So I picked up some 3/4 craft stock instead and redid 11 drawers. The drawers are all 1 3/4" deep except the top one which is 1".


The full compartment of drawers


One drawer pulled open. I suppose I'll need some sort of drawer hardware


The original drawer on the left, the new one on the right


A closer view

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We wrote a song and it really stunk

Pulled out some of my old songwriting books from high school. How is it that my friends didn't just punch me in the face constantly? I want to go back in time and hit myself for some of those lyrics. There's some stuff that I actually really like and will probably record sometime soon, but wow was a lot of it just embarrassingly bad. Like even 16 year old me should have been mortified at having written them.

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Watchin tv in the window of the furniture store

Added my YouTube channel over there in the social networking box on the left side. I plan on putting up more, when I get time to record them.

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Nothing turns out like you want it to

An alcoholic Vietnam vet postal worker once told me

Your happiness in life is inversely proportional to your expectations

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Your street is very well known

Two quick shots from the weekend. I came to the conclusion that I hated the drawers I built for the jewelry case. Too bulky, the material is too thick (1" stock), and after sanding all the joints smooth there was about 1/8 inch of play on the sides when in the case and that's simply not acceptable. So the kids and I went to home depot to look over the paucity of wood options and pick the least worst option, 1/2" sanded ply. I expect to power through the drawers before the end of the work. Now I just have to figure out how to handle hating the stain as well.

Runners for the drawers


Added a shelf to the shoe rack (a repurposed bookshelf). I plan on adding two more shelves within the bookshelf proper as there are more shoes on their way. This was pretty basic. Screwed together some 1x2 into a T, screwed it to the bookshelf and screwed a shelf to the crosspieces. Literally 12 minutes work.


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