Final bank holiday before Christmas
And the last chance for meaningful DIY.
For once, I am going beyond the standard painting, weeding, and cleaning. I’m looking at something a bit different. Over the past year, we’ve been doing some of the final projects in the house; so it’s the way we want it. Part of that has been rearranging rooms having learnt how we want to make use of the space.
We also “long term borrowed” some key pieces from my parents many moons ago, and with her house move, some of that is making its way back to the right owner. That’s allowed some significant moves and the move towards a dream hobby space for me.
There are a couple of issues: the desk I’ve inherited is too big and very damaged.
So that’s my task next weekend. Replace the damage top so it fits the space better and make something that will allow me to sew without snagging any fabrics.
Boring, why are you making this much fuss!
Well, the table is big – I am making it smaller but I am replacing a skinned frame with solid MDF. At 1260x800x36mm, this piece will be heavy man!
Because the initial table was relatively light, it had a back brace too. I’d like to keep this for strength, so that will need to be cut down. But in many respects, this should be: measure what was there and replicate it.
I’ve measured everything three times and finally bought the replacement top. It should arrive by Thursday next week. I’ve already bought the paint for the top – at the thickness I’m looking at, it is difficult to get preveenered MDF and I’m definitely not brave enough for doing that myself!
Yawn…
Alright now. Apologies, this is my first project of this type and a bit of a fore runner if it is successful.
When we had our bed room fitted, there had been a drawer unit inside a siding door cupboard – we kept the runners and the drawers and these would make a great unit for my hobby room.
That’s my project for spring…
Posted: August 20th, 2023 under 42.