{"id":13985,"date":"2024-04-09T12:01:30","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T11:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=13985"},"modified":"2024-04-10T07:13:13","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T06:13:13","slug":"home-diy-blue-room-storage-pt-viii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=13985","title":{"rendered":"HOME\/DiY: Blue Room Storage, Pt VIII"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The day after yesterday, aka today\u2026 Just back from a long early morning delivery shift. Pooped!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prob\u2019 do some more work on this project today. But before that, some chill time. Meanwhile a couple of pics:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Forgot to snap this last night; the chiselled out joint.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

And the new socket box. I need to install a grommet. And sand and paint the surround. Then I\u2019ll probably temporarily cap it off with the face, for now. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Still drying out, possibly?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Some time later\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Amazing what a lick o\u2019 paint does!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

So\u2026 sanded and painted the new socket surround. I\u2019ll mount the plastic face-plate (soon as I find it!).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, I bought a sheet of 3-ply, and I\u2019ve been trimming it to the irregular size and shape of the shelf-frame. Nearly there:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A bit more finagling required.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Having another little workman\u2019s tea break, now. Once this shelving part is done, I\u2019ll return to vertical elements, including the space-dividing wall, and clothes-hanging poles\/rails.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Old left, new right.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Found the face-plate, and got that on. It\u2019s not wired in yet. That\u2019s partly \u2018cause I\u2019m not sure if I ought to come off the plug at left, or – if poss\u2019? – directly off the ring main.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Needs a second coat.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This\u2019ll be handy when it is wired in: it\u2019s lower profile that the older ones. Plus it has two USB ports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ba-da-boom!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

After some fiddling, I got the plywood shelf to more or less fit. As can be seen below, it needed planing and chiselling a bit to get it flush along the front edge. I went old school, with hand tools, for that part. Fun!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fairly flush.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This will probably be hidden anyway, with a cross-member.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rather proud.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m hoping – and I firmly believe – that this will<\/em> support the weight of any stuff guests or tenants need to store.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Going old style on the lip.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Plane and chisel shavings.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Plane marks show where I got too flush!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Made a start on some vertical parts.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Time to stop for dinner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And lastly\u2026 after<\/em> dinner I did a little bit more: I fixed a bar from the back wall across the floor, to secure the middle vertical, which divides the fridge area from where clothes can be hung.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There will also be another ply panel, this time vertically aligned, dividing these areas as well. As I need both left and right planes on which to fix whatever will support any clothes rails or poles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I also put a second and wider beam across the lower front of the shelf. This hides the Joni between supporting structure and plywood, adds a little lip to the shelf – to stop stuff rolling or falling out – strengthens the overall structure, and brings that horizontal flush with all the front verticals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I planed the joint flush, on this latest horizontal addition.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I had to do it with two pieces, as I didn\u2019t have any leftovers that\u2019d bridge that particular span in one go. But once planed, sanded, and with filler and paint added, I reckon it\u2019ll look fine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hmmm\u2026 what about that gap, at left?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

One little conundrum: how am I going to deal with that little void, due to the concave bowing of the wall, at left? I have several ideas. But I\u2019ll save that till towards the end of this project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another issue, that kind of sorted itself out, was the right hand side vertical. Rather than doing it floor to ceiling, as I had on the left, I just did it from the shelf to the ceiling. This obviates the difficulties posed by the position of the power sockets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The day after yesterday, aka today\u2026 Just back from a long early morning delivery shift. Pooped! Prob\u2019 do some more work on this project today. But before that, some chill time. Meanwhile a couple of pics: And the new socket box. I need to install a grommet. And sand and paint the surround. Then I\u2019ll … <\/p>\n

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