I’m moving my office home, and what WAS my “8mm film room” (that I never got around to working on my films), has to be turned into my home office. It’s a small room, with a small closet and a window.
Buying pre-made desk and shelving will not only cost a lot of money, but it’ll also be awkward and waste space. I’m sorta okay at building stuff, and I’d build a two-wall desk/shelving at the new Reptilian (soon closing) and at my old apartment.
I’d taken measurements a few weeks ago and designed the whole thing in Adobe Illustrator. Well, three of the four walls at least. The fourth wall with the two doors will be a mail order center, and that’ll wait until the three other walls are done.
Went to Home Depot and priced lumber and came up with a very rough figure of $300-$350 for three walls.
When I finally got the time off, I drove down to the Depot with my plans and measurements and started loading up lumber into one of those orange metal luber carts. I’m not a cerpenter, so I’m thinking through the project as I’m loading, trying to keep measurements and etc. right.
Then, at some point, I see these damned white Melamine pre-drilled boards marked CLEARANCE $3.00. I look at my cart filled with $10 to $16 per planks of wood, back at the $3.00 sign, up at the white color, then started loading the unpainted pine back onto the racks I’d just pulled them from. For 66%+ off the price, I’ll deal with a white desk. Plus, no painting needed.
Because I don’t have a truck, everything had to fit into my Buick LeSabre, so everything was cut to less than 7′.
At the end of the first day, I had the 4 major shelving units done for the desk, and I was able to figure out what I needed for the other two walls. I also had all my fingers still, and kept relatively warm. Went back to Home Depot again before they closed at 7 and picked up the rest of the wood I needed. Left it in the car to start again tomorrow morning.
I’ll post photos of the empty room, and everything installed tomorrow – assuming I get it done, and don’t have to go to the ER.
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