did I do it ?????

Did I do it ?

Did I finish my 'impossible' challenge ?

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Thunderbirds are GO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
oops, what I meant to say was....................

YES I DID

Ten floating white shelves, instead of two 'red' ikea bookcases,

collapsing with the weight !!!

I was obviously so eager to get on, that I forgot to take a picture of

the bookcases together in one shot.

But this -

became this -

and this - (my side of the chimney breast)

became this -

MY challenge - imagining the impossible, was to use a 'hammer drill' to

put up some shelves myself.

There was method in my madness, because while I'm doing THIS, the dear

old geezer can be doing SOMETHING ELSE - to be posted another day !

I started with two shelves in the lounge, which I posted about here

then started on the dining room, which I wrote about  here

We got the wood from the wood yard, cut to size £120 for 14 pieces.

I still have two for the tops of radiator cabinets in the lounge.

It is 4cm deep and some of the pieces were a bit tight, so I had to

cut them down.

We only have a 'jigsaw', so it wasn't fast !

The jigsaw has now become the 'judder saw' - because that's what I

fe-fe-fe-feel like when I'm using it.

Anyway - handy hints -

a) don't try to chisel out wood where there is a knot, it is

TEN TIMES HARDER (lesson learnt quick).

b) when the hammer drill stops working, buy a new 'bit' -

I got through two (it'll be the bricks)

c) when chiselling out wood, you need two tools - the chisel and a hammer

NOT the chisel and your THUMB (lesson learnt quick)

NB - it's probably NOT a good idea watching Johnny Depp as

Capn' Jack Sparrow while chiselling - even though you may love

his slightly effeminate swagger and beautifully slurred cockney accent !!!

(Yes folks - I did it in the lounge, hey it's cold outside, and the whole house

is covered in fine brick dust anyway, even though I used loads of dust sheets !)

You may have noticed some extra books running above the old geezer's side.

They are actually ghastly sliding doors between the lounge and dining-room.

But we have a master plan ! We're going to remove them completely,

when the old geezer turns the garage into a den/music room/rehearsal studio !

Oops - still got to find a bit of skirting !!!

It WILL look lovely, one day, when I have a lounge-diner.

SOOOOO a BIG THANK YOU to all the ladies who inspired me to do this.

The sense of achievement is far outweighed by the feeling I get when I walk

in the room - it's bigger, it's brighter and I've loved looking at my collection again.

There are books that belonged to my parents, books on crafts, paint effects,

sewing and gardening. Travel books, historical places - I've even

culled them and managed to throw out two !!!

 And I've discovered stuff I'd forgotten about, but will share with you later on.

I'm boring you all I know - SORRY - go check out these lovely ladies

Linda did paint her amazingly high vaulted ceiling a beautiful shade of blue here

Karianne made her first loaf of amazingly tasty looking bread here

Karah made a gorgeous gallery wall with only one screw here

Kelly did an incredible job of clearing out her basement here

Andrea organised her craft room - go check out this deliciously pretty room here

and Stacey actually sewed a beautiful bag for the first time here

I will be linking up to all these blogs when the parties begin

on 31st January and the blogs on my sidebar.

first the radiator cabinets........the flooring needs to go down....the hall....panelling....wardrobes, yes, new wardrobes....me, the wood yard......drilling.....easy peasy.....................  
Sorry, day-dreaming, I'm going now, honestly I am........................................................