Bookcase update
Mar. 21st, 2005 10:35 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
millariSo the bookcase is together. It still needs more nails in it and some support brackets to make it stronger so it'll hold my records without collapsing. Plus, it also needs a backing, which will make it less wobbly. Actually, I'm surprised, but it's not that wobbly. I guess it's the overkill on the nails, because I'm paranoid about it falling apart on me.
So in the final judgement, I'm incredibly psyched with myself. It looks like a bookcase. It stands like a bookcase. It's not immediately falling apart. Yes, the shelves are pretty uneven, but it still works just fine at its intended purpose. I put some records in it last night as I left to test drive it, and it looked great, wacky shelves notwithstanding. I felt very proud.
The main thing is, I did it, and I learned a whole lot in the process - both about how to build something, and about how to conquer the fear of screwing up. I'm already thinking about my next project - a CD holder (yeah, I probably should have started small and worked my way up to the bookcase, but my typical m.o. is to start with the more difficult challenge). I need to keep doing new projects because it's the way I will become comfortable and more experienced at doing this; also, it will keep me present in the lesson I learned that the best way to feel powerful is to jump in and try things that challenge you. It's already making me feel up to tackling other challenges. For instance, I'm thinking that sometime by the end of this summer, I want to try and teach myself the rudiments of sewing. My mom had two old sewing machine - one a really nice 70s Singer machine that's really sturdy and less complicated than the newfangled computerized ones. I think it would be a great thing to practice and learn on. I would like to at least be able to sew a hem properly so I don't have to take my pants to the tailor for that.
So in the final judgement, I'm incredibly psyched with myself. It looks like a bookcase. It stands like a bookcase. It's not immediately falling apart. Yes, the shelves are pretty uneven, but it still works just fine at its intended purpose. I put some records in it last night as I left to test drive it, and it looked great, wacky shelves notwithstanding. I felt very proud.
The main thing is, I did it, and I learned a whole lot in the process - both about how to build something, and about how to conquer the fear of screwing up. I'm already thinking about my next project - a CD holder (yeah, I probably should have started small and worked my way up to the bookcase, but my typical m.o. is to start with the more difficult challenge). I need to keep doing new projects because it's the way I will become comfortable and more experienced at doing this; also, it will keep me present in the lesson I learned that the best way to feel powerful is to jump in and try things that challenge you. It's already making me feel up to tackling other challenges. For instance, I'm thinking that sometime by the end of this summer, I want to try and teach myself the rudiments of sewing. My mom had two old sewing machine - one a really nice 70s Singer machine that's really sturdy and less complicated than the newfangled computerized ones. I think it would be a great thing to practice and learn on. I would like to at least be able to sew a hem properly so I don't have to take my pants to the tailor for that.
