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Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Me Putting Up Shelves VS. My Husband Putting Up Shelves

Me:

  • measure where I want to shelf to go
  • make some marks for where the bracket should go
  • check to see if the marks are level
  • find the screws Ikea included in the packaging
  • start screwing the brackets to the wall
  • place the shelves in the screwed in bracket
  • check to make sure its level
  • screw in the other side
    • repeat till all shelves are in



My Husband (redoing the shelves because my job came out of the wall):


  • Buys correct screws at the local hardware store (it seems those ones Ikea included were NOT for the wall)
  • Checks to see if the ceiling is level
  • Checks to see if other parts of the ceiling are level through out the house
  • Checks to see if the doorframe is level
  • Measures to determine where to draw lines
  • Draws a line on one side of the wall
  • Measures to determine where to draw the next line
  • Draws a line on the other side of the wall
  • Uses some tool to make sure the placement of screws will be level
    • Stops and considers whether to finish the wall paneling in this area before continuing with shelf placement; Decides to continue with the shelves
  • Makes marks for screws, checks marks for accuracy, checks to see if marks are level
  • Drills holes into spot marked where screw will go (I was told this is important ;) )
  • Screws bracket to the wall with correct screws
    • Starts to repeat on the other wall
    • realizes that to get the shelves lined up straight, 1/8 inch has to cut off each board
    • cuts off 1/8 inch off each board for this side
    • Repeat till all shelves are in


Now, besides my awesome pallet board wall, there is a reason most of the board and screw work on this house is being done by my husband! 

Oh, and I made a pallet board garden box!  Maybe I'll stick with pallet board work and Varethane :)




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