Do you don’t forget the &#8220More Cowbell&#8221 skit from SNL? If there was an equivalent to developing items with wood, it occurred to me in excess of the weekend. I acquired a fever, and the only prescription was a lot more constructing.

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Right after making an attempt in vain to locate adequate room in my garage to make enough progress on my laundry room shelves Friday evening, I went to bed in a huff. A one auto garage is just not a good deal of space to move close to in, and I&#8217ve completely misused most of its square footage into a disorganized, cluttered mess. As a outcome, all night long, I tossed and turned whilst DIY ideas danced in my head. I woke up uncharacteristically early just to create them all down.

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I almost certainly took about five journeys total to Lowe&#8217s and Home Depot over the weekend. It seems that even with programs and a measuring tape in hand, my DIY type is to buy components, alter my mind on a couple of, return individuals resources even though choosing up things I forgot and acquire other resources for the adjust of ideas, and then repeat ad nauseam until Sunday evening. But let&#8217s separate each undertaking out to give you a hint at what&#8217s to come:

one. Laundry room shelves

The damn shelves in the laundry area have been a total bear. The walls aren&#8217t square, the back wall proportions are all off, they are almost 70 inches lengthy each, and I&#8217m generating issues difficult by insisting on producing some of the thinnest floating shelves feasible while nevertheless offering a lot of help (am I the only one who isn&#8217t a fan of the super chunky shelves all above Pinterest? Every single time I spy a single that&#8217s a minor also thick I consider, &#8220HULK Create SHELVES!&#8221).

Needless to say, it&#8217s been an experiment that needs a number of attempts with every single stage right up until I get it proper.

By the time I additional supports for the top shelf, I managed to get them secure, sturdy, level-ish (nevertheless accounting for the other powerful angles in the area that would make a perfectly level shelf seem off-kilter), and ready for their finishing specifics. And all with no breaking the tile perform I did along the back wall (even if it meant gouging the wall a small, as you can see in the under pic). I&#8217ll have a reveal for these coming up, but initial I&#8217ll be sharing numerous tiny tutorials relevant to solving the numerous concerns I ran into along the way.

2. Office venture

I decided that some extra organization in the office could be achieved with just a few pieces of wood, so I created some image ledges to rest behind the door using my Kreg Jig. They need to have to be painted and set up on the wall, but for around \$10 per shelf, I&#8217m going to be ready to use some typically-overlooked room in the space. What I prepare on storing on them is a bit unusual, so stay tuned for that reveal coming later on this week!

three. Garage organization

I&#8217m only going to hint at this one for now, but feel me when I say that it is going to be amazing. Virtually everything I find on Pinterest for garage/workshop concepts are for folks with the luxury of at least two cars well worth of space, so I&#8217m established to show how I&#8217m going to make it work with only 10 feet!

My SUV acquired wood.

Happy Monday! What did you get yourself into in excess of the weekend?

The publish The DIY Equivalent to &#8220More Cowbell&#8221

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