I’ve had to put quite a large amount of reinforcement under the lids as the pine isn’t as strong as I would like it to be. Having saved the offcuts from the heavy floorboards that I used as the under-layer in the shower room, I had a good supply of decent reinforcement too.<\/p>\n
The hinges were not a success though. This is due mainly to the thin-ness of the pine shelving. Discreet, hidden shelving is not really possible and so I’m going to have to go for intrusive tee-hinges, which is something of a let-down.<\/p>\n
However, a couple of things that I wish is that –
\n1) I wish that I would stop cutting bits off the top of my old Workmate every time I wield the circular saw.
\n2) whenever I cut myself with a tool, I wouldn’t bleed all over the clean pine shelving.<\/p>\n
For tea, I made a courgette and lentil curry – enough for four days. And it took longer than planned because I had to dismantle the cooker. It seems that there was something growing in one of the jets. It’s amazing at just how much better the gas is burning now. It must have been blocking itself up for a couple of years.<\/p>\n
