thenewred@lemmy.world to Woodworking@lemmy.ca · edit-21 year agoWife wanted a plant shelf on Amazon for $60. I said, pshh, I can build that myself. So I did. It only cost $90 and took all weekend.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square76fedilinkarrow-up11.45Kfile-text
arrow-up11.45KimageWife wanted a plant shelf on Amazon for $60. I said, pshh, I can build that myself. So I did. It only cost $90 and took all weekend.lemmy.worldthenewred@lemmy.world to Woodworking@lemmy.ca · edit-21 year agomessage-square76fedilinkfile-text
Made entirely from 1x2 pine. Ripped into thirds for the shelf slats. Pocket holes. Glue. Brads and glue for the shelf slats.
minus-squarelipilee@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up32·1 year agomy guess is yours look like what your wife wanted, wheres the amazon one would have looked like utter shit (also the quality), and nothing like the pictures on the site. so well done man.
minus-squareSwedneck@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up11·1 year agoalso highly questionable origins and who knows what kind of conditions the assembly workers went through
minus-squareChe Banana@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 year agoOn top of all that you had a nice weekend working on a hobby you enjoy. Can’t put a price tag on that.
minus-squareDogMuffins@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoIt’s always the size. My Mrs has bought heaps of stuff from Amazon only to find it’s about a quarter the size she expected.
my guess is yours look like what your wife wanted, wheres the amazon one would have looked like utter shit (also the quality), and nothing like the pictures on the site. so well done man.
also highly questionable origins and who knows what kind of conditions the assembly workers went through
On top of all that you had a nice weekend working on a hobby you enjoy. Can’t put a price tag on that.
It’s always the size.
My Mrs has bought heaps of stuff from Amazon only to find it’s about a quarter the size she expected.