Yesterday's project was trying to finish my plant table - basically a large table that'll sit in front of the living room window, so I can put seedlings and such there so that they get a lot of sun.
It's made from some reused wood from old (no longer usable) shelving units, and some garbage-tier hardware store wood for the frame; the new hardware store wood is actually *worse* than the reused wood in many ways...
Anyway, I've almost finished it; I just had to wait for the glue to dry, then flipped it upside down, and now I still need paint the top... and then it's completed!
(It doesn't look particularly nice but that's okay - this is more a practice project than anything, to try out different techniques and see what works, and if something doesn't work, oh well - it's just a plant table anyway)
This can of paint is one of my bargain bin cans - the local hardware store usually has a cart with assorted stuff on it that they are trying to get rid of, usually because they're no longer selling it. Discounts between 50% and 99% are not uncommon - at one point I got some 35 EUR table legs for 1 EUR each.
Sometimes there are cans of paint on there as well - presumably these are the result of some employee accidentally mixing the wrong color for a customer, and them deciding to try and recoup some of the cost for the erroneous can by putting it on the cart at a discount.
So I've been picking up some of these cans every once in a while, and now I have a decent collection of semi-random (and often unusual) colors for projects like this where I don't need any particular specific color!
@joepie91 The drying times depend on temperature, humidity and material. The times on the packages are essentially just an average + safety margin, so it's always successful. This isn't unusual.
Though sometimes things dry fast, but still need more time to cure.
@joepie91 go you, doing all the things!
@joepie91 you are on fire! :shadow_hedgehog:
@domo To me it feels like going through a year+ old todo list that's been sitting around for too long but I guess you're right 😅
@domo (It mostly seems to be possible now because my physical energy levels have increased a lot since transplantation!)
@joepie91 congrats! Its wonderful to see you kicking ass on projects that are meaningful to you :pompompurin_sweet:
@joepie91 That does look like a lovely table! :)
@joepie91 outside of SQL :p
There's a lot left to do here, but I'm very happy to finally have the whole thing in a usable condition, at least! Instead of having to constantly navigate around all kinds of crap scattered on the floor (instead of being stored where it belongs).