In’s & Out’s of the Thaden Family

Well today’s project was to turn a shelf into a paper holding shelf for Margaret’s scrap booking stuff. I never realized the cost of simple materials for a simple project. I went to Home Depot and purchased 3 maple boards that were of good size and some screws. I managed to get 9 14″x13″ boards and 9 11″x9″ boards. All I was left was with 6″ of scrap overall. Anyway, for the small amount of supplies I purchased it still came out over 60 bucks.

I started working on the shelf around 10 this morning and didn’t finish till 4:50 this evening. It kinda sucks trying to make sure stuff is level when you really don’t have the proper tools. I pretty much had my trust Dewalt cordless drill, 2 levels, a mallet, my drill bits, and a saw. You might be asking what the saw was for? Basically it was the only straight thing I had so I could draw lines. The end result was a happy wife. I’m dog assed tired though. I don’t think I want to do that again unless I have the proper tools on hand and maybe more experience. It really shouldn’t take anyone 6 hours to put shelves in an already made shelf.

Tags: handmade, wood working