Adventures in home ownership

[siercia]

Because I am insane, about a month ago, I said to myself, "Self? You know what would be awesome? If while Widget is away for August, if we gave her a room makeover!" I floated the idea past her, and she was thrilled

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[cogshiftingman]

That looks like a fun project!

[siercia]

I hope so!

[ratphooey]

Awesome!

I just read about an IKEA hack where they used IKEA Billy shelves, then framed them with drywall and moulding to look like built-ins.

[whuffle]

Have you seen this website?
http://ikeahacker.blogspot.com/

[siercia]

I had not, but I will check it out. Even if Ikea gives me hives.

[ratphooey]

That's where I found the hack. :-)

http://ikeahacker.blogspot.com/2010/08/yet-another-billy-built-in.html

[dollraves]

Ooooh. Fun to watch this change - thanks for sharing!

[siercia]

I figured there should be witnesses to the insanity!

[siercia]

I will definitely be sharing more pictures!

[whuffle]

Do you want some help? I'm not entirely free but I might be able to come give a hand here and there. And well, I'm pretty damned experienced with spackling, plastering, sanding, painting, at this point. Oh, and if Scirocco wants to use our tablesaw to build bookshelves that fit recessed into the wall between the existing studs, let him know he's welcome to come over and I'd be happy to help him out as much as I can. For that matter, assuming you're lucky enough that the studs are a standard width apart, there actually are pre-built bookshelves that are already meant for this purpose!

[siercia]

Thank you! I don't know yet what I'll need in way of help, but I will let you know! I'll look for the bookcases, thanks for the tip.