Short shelf life
Written by Dan + Taken by Dan
These pictures were taken over a span of a month. The goal was to turn an old shelving unit and wood burning stove into a big black mess. Mission accomplished!
Here's the "before" shot. Notice the rotten shelf leg towards the lower left and the old stove on the right. The white thing in the upper-center of the picture is a towel shoved into the stove-pipe hole. Classy!
Step 1: Saw off the rotten shelf leg.
Step 2: Scream like a woman when a big centipede runs out.
Step 3: Kill centipede with jigsaw (sorry PETA)
Amazingly, the shelf is still standing after I lopped off its leg... kind of like that knight in that one Monty Python skit. Classic!
Here's the new support I built for the shelf. It's made out of a lower shelf that was never featured in any of the pictures. Why? Because I hate that lower shelf. Always have, always will.
After ripping the rotten wood out from under the stove, I was met face-on by a cloud of black mold. It was terrible. I should be dead, really.
Why did I eat it?
With a few pieces of quarter inch plywood and some ripped 2x4's, I was able to turn the once useful wood stove into a useless wooden column! Yay for progress!
If there's one thing I do well, it's cutting and nailing trim.
After adding additional support to the shelves (see all the 2x4's!), I stood back and wondered, "What would really make this wonderful shelving unit come together?"
A buttload of black paint! Classy! Hey, at least now it looks clean.
Here are some holes in the wall. I leaned against them once and a bunch of squid-like tentacles came through the holes and started going through my pockets. I haven't seen my Altoids since!
