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!
I've also finally installed a garden hose box, because I am sick and tired of my garden hoses laying on the ground outside and getting damaged and needing replacement all the time (storing them inside is impractical because of frequent use and being wet)...
@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
The plant table is done and installed! Quite happy with the result, considering that it was a practice project and all the wood involved was crap 😄