September Project: Weekend #3

Weekend #3 of our September Project found us finishing this little beauty up with around 10 days left in the month (perhaps we were a little over-zealous with our very first mini-building project). Note that we have, in fact, been working on this during the week, too, although the original idea was to work on this project during our weekends... but again, we've been so excited to get it done. Anyway, this week(end) included sticking all of the pieces together, letting glue dry, sanding, priming, painting, and polyeurethaning. The following includes the process of completion; the final moments:

Our friend and neighbor, Jeff (who you may recognize from previous posts), stopped by to view the finished piece (pre-painting):

Here is Jacob beginning the painting process (which was completed by yours truly):

And finally, once the piece was completely dry, we moved it upstairs! I just need to set some stuff on it, so it can fulfill it's ultimate purpose!

Our first project complete! We definitely learned much about sawing, gluing, priming, painting, sanding, and so on... And this little bookshelf definitely has its small, miniscule, hardly-noticeable, insignificant, tiny, little flaws... but they're OUR small, miniscule, hardly-noticeable little bookshelf flaws, and they're wonderful.


And here is a little idea that we've got for an upcoming project, at least a bit of materials we may use:

Perhaps a little recycling and repurposing...

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