How we got here
For my main desk, I was pretty sure I couldn’t get a long-enough furniture panel upstairs, so I had it cut in half and planned to glue the two pieces back together once they were in the room. Here’s a free piece of advice to everyone else: don’t do that.
How we got here
One of the issues I had to solve in this room was the corner where desk and storage would meet. Even in the planning phase, I struggled with this. I eventually came up with something that I was happy with, though. Read more “How we got here (April 2018, part 1)”
How we got here
Plans made, power issue solved, pre-laminated OSB nearby, it was time to start prepping for and then building the first part of the hobby room: the storage area.
How we got here
Before I was going to start building, I had to solve a power issue. The room only has one dual wall socket, which wasn’t going to be enough for the hobby room. Given the plans that I’d drawn up, it was in a really unfortunate position as well. I was going to have to add more sockets – a lot more. And I had to do it without drilling into the walls…
How we got here
Initially, my dad suggested that I should just get some used furniture – we have a thrift store that’s a two or three minute walk from where my dad lives. I didn’t want to do that. I’d already spent a lot of time inspecting the room, and I all the room’s quirks were going to make it incredibly difficult for me to use that space efficiently if I was just going to slap random pieces of furniture together. I had a different idea…
How we got here
Throughout January and February I had started watching a ton of Youtube videos while trying to come up with ways in which I could design my hobby room. I did a lot of thinking, some drawing, and started making some initial measurements and computer drawings, when I hit a snag…
How we got here
As you can read in the About Me page, I have a wealth of physical and mental issues. I don’t have much of a creative background, and I have absolutely zero experience as a maker. Ever since my stepdad died in 2015 it has just been my mom and I living together and our financial situation is incredibly poor. Given my situation and my background one could argue that I’m really not qualified to start making props and other things. You’d probably be right.