Got bored

[taleya]

You DERP! I hear you cry! You can get those things for $40 a pop! Bah! You just replaced the shelves! And stuck a desk surface on it! BAHHHHH

Indeed you can those for $40 a pop. At officeworks, no less. In fact, I got two.

And had leftovers to make some spiffy new bench space in the kitchen:





See, the thing is, that bastard was 81cm wide. I needed something that was 60cm wide to match the depth of my Corner Desk of Awesomeness

So...I literally cut out 21cm from the width. On a tab and slot system. And kept the tabs

mwahhaha. Thank fuck I have a dremel.



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Original slots on the right, my slots on the left.

Taped up to the cut mark, used a scalpel to cut out the tab places, then cut the excess off with a jigsaw, then tabbed it with a dremel. Then completely replaced the shelving system with parts of an old desk I found at Hard Rubbish collection, plonked on two legs and bracketed it against the shelving unit. And of course, cut the shelves and the desk surface itself to the required sizes. *Yay, circular saw!* And fitted new legs I'd gotten from an online distro for $8 each

Yup, that whole thing cost me $90. Plus the one in the kitchen.

*spiff*

I should add, that this week was not a good week to have migraines, hangovers, or fussy babies who are light sleepers anywhere near my house.

But I don't care, 'cos I has mah deeeeeeeesk!

Comments

[moonmip.livejournal.com]

OOh, nice. Looks shiny! Now I can play Doom in style! :P

[taleya.livejournal.com]

That was Quake, you fool! NOW THE DEMONS WILL DEVOUR US ALL!

[moonmip.livejournal.com]

Eh, close enough! They all have the same idea (things go BOOM)!

There is a walkathon thingy for the orangutangs at Jells Park on Sunday morning, starting at 9. $15 to walk or run a 5km track, all for orangutangy goodness! You interested? Me and Jac are going. You are asked to wear green or orange to support the wee beasties.

[taleya.livejournal.com]

Probably not, torasin and I are pondering getting weebeasties on Sat. We'll be up to our ears in fur.

He also wants an african grey parrot. I told him fine, as long as he remembers that while they are affectionate, sociable, intelligent and long-lived, they are also screaming, shitting balls of clawed feathers.

And he will be cleaning up after it

[moonmip.livejournal.com]

I believe that parrots have intelligence levels relative to a three year old. You can tell him that they have the bladder control of 3 year olds, too. :P

[taleya.livejournal.com]

Both ends: Sudden Death.