(or What You Can Do With A Little Bonus Time, Minimal Skill, and A Measure of Enthusiasm)
Hello hello SuperForest,
I hope this fine Wednesday finds you well! I got an unexpected early-doors exit from work today, and decided to put a couple of hours to use constructing (with a craft knife and glue gun) a nifty little shelving unit for my shoes and general miscellany:
On my walk home I go past a lot of businesses, often with large amounts of cardboard left on the street – just begging to be side-cycled (I hesitate to say “up”;) into a made to measure storage solution. I also come across a lot of handy-sized boxes… what to do, what to do…
Yes! bookshelves and re-cycle/use boxes (and nary a glue gun or penny required for those!). To demonstrate how easy it was – in case any lovely SuperForesters fancy some entry-level box-furnishing – I’ll share the how-to (which is admittedly self-evident from the photos): for the top shelving I drew a picture of the sort of shelves I wanted – nothing technical, just which lengths were supposed to be the same – measured the card, cut it and glued it together, for the bookshelves I …stacked the boxes (and yes, colour coded the books – it seemed too straightforward otherwise. The boxes were made for carrying documents and are quite sturdy – they’re still going strong after 5 months) and for the re-boxes, I just painted the lids and cut out the lettering I wanted. No engineering expertise or power tools involved;)
Whilst none of the above is as accomplished (or, honestly, likely as durable) as SuperForester Jo’s fabulous Flat Files or Jackson’s beautiful bench, I’m pretty pleased with them, and I like to think the rescued cardboard is happier too.
Love
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