So i documented the project of course. It is available on Instructables.
So mom had asked what i planned to do for chairs… I picked out these from Ikea. Out of the six, five arrived broken. I was able to glue the part that broke – and i wood glued them while assembling so hopefully they stay together better than just the few screws they came with. I also added felt pads to the legs.
I tried to use this canister of Great Stuff expanding foam when Iwas wrapping up my bay window replacement but it wouldn’t work in my "pro" dispenser. Over the next few days it slowly leaked and firmed a spiral around the can. I kept it around because I had to take a picture of it!
We got about 8 inches of snow the other day. And today it turned to rain…
We got about 8 inches of snow the other day. And today it turned to rain…
This table on Instructables served as the inspiration.
The ashtray by the apartment entrance.
Someone came to me earlier in the week and needed 20 hours of community service. I had him spend three days this week shoveling, sweeping, and reglazing the ice at the ball field pond. He did a great job and the pond has had more care this week than we’ve put in in 10 years. if the conditions continue we’ll have ice for skating for quite a while.
A few years ago i picked up a set of 6 multifunction LED light bars. They can be set to hold a single color or to rotate through colors at variable speeds or even to activate to music. I had mounted them under the kitchen counter temporarily but didn’t like how the cord to plug them in showed. A few weeks ago i mounted them in the cabinets of the dining room. Five are mounted above the shelves and one is mounted in the bottom of the center cabinet under-lighting the liquor bottles.
I am thinking of ordering tempered glass shelves to allow the light to filter to the bottom of all of the cabinets. I found a place to order them online but will wait for some feedback on how it looks. 10 shelves would come to about $200.
I drilled holes between the cabinets and ran all the wires to the bottom of the center one. I drilled a hole in the back wall of the center cabinet and cut the end off the power cord which i then ran down to the outlet in the wall just below. I wired the power directly to the outlet terminals. The only drawback is that there is a power inverter that is constantly drawing power right now. I will next wire a switch to interrupt the power feed to the inverter and use it for the power button. The control unit has a power button but it is between the inverter and the lights. While I’m at it i might re wire buttons from the controls so i can change the mode and pause the color and then have identical buttons mounted below the center cabinet or in the bottom below the bottles. Naturally i’m thinking that some nice vintage 60’s or 70’s metal buttons would be best.