It's cold. Im sick of the cold. I'm sick of wearing my down jacket with a hood which makes me look like a cone head. I want spring to arrive. Now.
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In hope to speed things up I cleared the mess in my garden locker this weekend. So when spring has finally sprung I'm prepared. You can click on the photos to see them larger. For your sanity I don't recommend clicking on the befores though.
Before ~After
The locker sits in the garage and we've customized it by adding shelves to hold all the not so pretty gardening paraphenalia.
You may think it's difficult to drill a hole in metal but with the right drill bit you can drill a hole in almost anything. True. So we screwed on these vertical thingys inside with the corresponding brackets and simply added the unfinished chip board shelves.
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I had some questions yesterday in regards of building the valances/pelmets/cornices so I thought I'd answer them here while I'm at it:
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Q: How do you get a nice finish to MDF edges?
A: On the pelmet project we used a belt sander and the mouse sander but when working on projects with thicker MDF we use an electric plane. Then the edges still need sanding though. Another tip is to sand after priming before the top coat.
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Q: Can you show the metal brackets you use to hang the pelmet.
A: Sure can! They are the little shiny things with tiny screws.
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Q: How do you sink a nail?
A: You use use the yellow tool in the photo above. Hold the tip of the tool againts the nail and hit the back of the tool with a hammer so the nail gets pushed into the MDF or wood.
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