{"id":3373,"date":"2016-11-15T00:04:00","date_gmt":"2016-11-14T11:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/?p=3373"},"modified":"2018-06-21T21:23:21","modified_gmt":"2018-06-21T09:23:21","slug":"progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.charmedlife.co.nz\/cowboybootsandbrokenfingers\/progress\/","title":{"rendered":"Progress"},"content":{"rendered":"

You can probably tell by my somewhat erratic posting schedule these last few weeks that I’ve been a bit distracted. I’ve been winding up one of my Auckland contracts, while\u00a0putting together some extra work in Whangarei to fill the resultant gap in hay purchasing capacity. It’s good. I’m starting to feel as though my\u00a0leap toward that\u00a0next trapeze swing<\/a> is almost complete.<\/p>\n

So now we\u00a0can all rest easy knowing where the ponies’ next meal is coming from, let’s get back to my wall of bookshelves.\u00a0Last we spoke about the project I was assembling Billys (Billies?) apace, and puzzling over random hardware excesses<\/a>. This is how things are looking now. First, for comparison, the old bookshelves:<\/p>\n

\"Now\"<\/a>

Before. Living room den, with old shelving and gib sealant\u00a0on the back wall.<\/p><\/div>\n

Followed by the new-look bookshelves.<\/p>\n

\"Note<\/a>

Now. With start of the ‘Library Wall’, and a\u00a0Resene ‘Barely There’\u00a0topcoat on the back wall.<\/p><\/div>\n

I’m nowhere near finished\u00a0yet, but this is the first stage\u00a0in The Library Wall\u00a0[say it\u00a0in portentous\u00a0tones]. What you see\u00a0here is the lower section which comprises a multitude of standard 2m high Billy bookcases. Eventually the shelves will extend upwards,\u00a0courtesy of two layers of these cunning shelf extension kits<\/a>. I have a few extension kits already on hand, but for now\u00a0the IKEA people<\/a>\u00a0are\u00a0out of\u00a0stock until January [sad emoji]. Once the extensions are in place they\u00a0will take the bookcases up to roughly 200mm from the ceiling, neatly covering most of the currently unfinished\u00a0wall.<\/p>\n

There will be a corresponding\u00a0bunch of shelving on the wall which is just out of shot, to the right of\u00a0the brown and cream curtain.\u00a0Once both runs\u00a0are in place I plan to use a Gnedby CD shelf<\/a>\u00a0on its side to span\u00a0the doorway to\u00a0the kitchen \/ dining area. Above that will be another\u00a0a single layer of the extension shelving to take the height up to the correct level.\u00a0Goodness, are you keeping up?<\/p>\n

\"Stage<\/a>

Let’s call this Stage One. Note the red chair — that’s the one that’s I’ve been meaning\u00a0to reupholster\u00a0for about 10 years now<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n

That gap between the CDs and the wider shelf will close up. Once I work up my nerve to use a\u00a0hole-saw on my new shelving, all those wires from the stereo are going to\u00a0feed through the side of the large bookcase\u00a0to\u00a0be hidden\u00a0behind the CD units. As you can see,\u00a0there is the\u00a0plastering and painting above the shelving to get on with. Then finally each shelf will be spaced about 10mm from the next and anchored to the back wall.*<\/p>\n

All in all it’s going to take quite some time to\u00a0complete this project. The other day Forbearing Husband said wistfully, apropos another round\u00a0of boxes and furniture blocking his path between the living room and kitchen, ‘Please, could you finish the house renovations before I’m old and blind?’. The poor dear.<\/p>\n

I’m not too worried\u00a0though. Judging by Mama and Papa’s robust constitutions<\/a>,\u00a0I’ve got at least another four decades to work\u00a0in.<\/p>\n

* I have temporary anchors in place already, in case you are worried that bookshelves might fall on us in the meantime.<\/em><\/p>\n

Living room expenditure to\u00a0date:<\/p>\n