Like the loft ladder, the cat's ladder moved around a lot and took different forms in my head. The problem was that there's just not enough wall space anywhere for a conventional pole-and-shelf ladder. Finally I decided to go with a series of little shelves, and that made everything quite simple.
The tape marks the upper corners of where the desk needs to go.
I used pallet wood for the book shelves, since I didn't have anything else. It's funky, but it works. Bookends are coming this weekend, courtesy of my Amazon spending spree. No, I didn't get the fancy ones.
And from the "people throw away the damndest things" department, here's a perfectly good - I mean
perfectly good - DVD cabinet. What were they thinking?
In the next day or two my neighbor D's gonna come over and help me mount the drawers and cabinet doors. I hope at the same time to get the oven moved in.
I'm still stuck for drain plumbing for the kitchen sink - need a bunch of stuff I don't have and haven't been able to get to town. The water works fine, but right now the sinks are draining into a couple of five-gallon buckets. Other than that, the kitchen will be fully functional before the end of the week! This afternoon I'll be trying to restore a couple of cheap bedroom dressers to service.
Nearly ready to move in for the winter.
Really beautiful, Joel. And cleverly designed.
ReplyDeleteI hope when you're all done (or maybe all done except for the floor tile, which I expect will take a while), you'll give us a whole photo-tour in one blog post.
P.S. So where did you find that primo DVD cabinet?
Nice cabinet and I am glad to see you making some serious headway dude.
ReplyDeleteI remember telling my boy many years ago that stuff is just stuff and people will GIVE you stuff.
I was right.
I had a whole house full of shit when I moved into a house one time.
Couches, hide a beds, dishes, towels, you name it.
Good luck to ya and I am glad to hear good things are happening to ya.