The weekend before Christmas, and all through the house, two creatures were stirring--and thanks to this mouse, here's a pic and a post. (Can you spot the blouse?)
Amazing how long this project took to mature. The plywood cabinets and shelving boxes have been stacked more or less in place for close to two YEARS, waiting for paint and assembly. To be fair, we thought the entire construction would require leveling for the long intersection to run true, rather than askew. Also we weren't settled on the best way to hang the shelves off the cabinets. But most of all, we were lazy and accepted their disassembled state as placeholder.
No more! The entire space is receiving fresh attention. The dressing room on other side of the shelving will be receiving clothes very soon. And that means no more trips to the basement just to get dressed. What wild times we're living in!
DIY CAD
A lot of the early design work for our house renovation was done in Microsoft Paint. Pick your scale, eg 1 pixel = 1 inch, and start pushing those pixels around like a desktop Lite-Brite. Compare the work above to the picture of the real McCoy in previous post, and you'll see that for a simple tool it could be very effective, even accurate.
These days, I've moved on to a newer generation of digital tools. Inkscape is my favorite vector graphic app, and for the money (it's free!), nothing beats Google SketchUp for 3D design. Not the smoothest learning curve for either of them, but if you can make it to the first plateau you'll have begun to appreciate their potential and power.
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