Heyo SuperForesters!
I am home on this gloomy day in New York and not out tromping through the woods, (as SuperForester Jo so smartly suggested. Thank you, Jo.) as I am busily building a home office.
Here’s a video!
SuperForester Jackson’s Journal (5/1/09) from SuperForest on Vimeo.
For a month, every time I saw some good building materials in the street, I’d drag them home and soon I had a corner filled with stuff. I sat and stared at all the stuff for a while, until a mental picture began to form…
This picture showed me how to turn this:
(Pile o stuff!)
Into this:
Which, after I had cut down all the paper tubes to length, became this!:
Cha chang!
I didn’t even use power tools! I used a hand saw! It was so much fun!
This bench is great for many reasons. One, it is custom for that space exactly. It is exactly as wide as the credenza on the left, and exactly as high as a plant stand on the right. The paper tubes I found are so strong, you can lie down on it, step on it, jump up and down, all without fear of winding up on failblog.
To finish the bench, I’m going to combine the paper tubes into four sections, each covered with a layer of papîer-mache. This will keep the tubes from rolling, provide added strength, and will look nice. I’ll keep the ends uncovered so that you can see my handiwork.
Now all it needs is a bit of foam, some fabric for a cover, and perhaps a throw pillow or two.
Best of all, because I only used “trash” (ahem,) to build this sturdy bench, one can easilly call it carbon-negative. Also, it was free. Also, it was fun. Also, it was really good exercise. Really, really, really good exercise.
So, I stayed indoors and got some exercise, and a strong bench was a happy side effect.
Much love,
Jackson
Paper tube win!
(this photo took me, like seven tries.)
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