Sunday, August 10, 2014

Construction project

I finally got to use some of my new tools.  My tv stand was delivered - in pieces.  Corner stands are hard to find, especially if you are looking for an inexpensive one.  I don't think the tv will stay in that corner forever so I didn't want to put out a lot of money.

I figured it would be a few pieces, no big deal.  Easy Peasy, right?   When I unpacked it I thought I was building a piece of the international space station! The instruction booklet was about 20 pages.


Seems like an awful lot of screws and nails for a little piece of furniture....


But I would get to use my new pink screwdriver set :).  So it wasn't the 20 minute job I expected.  More like over an hour :(


In the end these pieces were left over.  I've convinced myself they give you a few extra parts. (Don't burst my bubble.  All I know is the thing hasn't fallen apart yet)

The finished product


I'm proud of myself!  Building this thing was easier than getting my new TV hooked up.  I had to call a friend in for "tech assistance".  LOL


After all that hard work, time to reward myself


Mmmmmmmm







14 comments:

  1. Way to go girl, we women can do anything, well almost. Tech stuff, no. Glad you treated yourself after the hard work, yummy.Blessings Francine.

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  2. I had a pink tool set! I say "had"....it's all disappeared except for the hammer, and it's got a broken claw! In a family of all guys you'd think nobody would touch a pink tool! Glad your piece came together so nicely..yep, I'm sure it's all extra stuff in there! Ha!

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  3. Good job, Kim! Yeah, always a bazillion pieces...and I, too, am sure that they put extras in there.

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  4. I think they were just messin' with you. Good job.
    Hugs :)
    Lauren

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  5. We purchased a corner unit online one time and it took 3 of us to get it together! lol
    It looks great and I know you'll enjoy it.

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  6. Whoo-hoo! The joys of DIY!
    Hey, you did a great job! I'm sure there will be lots of other occasions for the pink screwdriver. Home ownership is a life sentence.

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  7. You did a great job! I would have ran off screaming in the other direction!

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  8. It looks great, and sometimes I think they do send extra parts.
    You are quite the handy woman.
    I think you needed that ice cream for strength. You have been working so hard. :)

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  9. I'm real proud of you Kim. You did it yourself and who cares if there are extra pieces, as long as it's holding the TV. It looks real good. I recently assembled a portable Bar-B-Q- and the instructions were very ambiguous but I bar-b-qed on it during the 5 or 6 days we were out of powers after hurricane Arthur.

    I've got lots of tools too and I hide them from the guys or they would disappear.

    Hugs,
    JB

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  10. I do wonder how you had leftover parts. We usually don't have as many as we need.:-) xo

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  11. that stand looks really nice, I think you're right about the extra parts.

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  12. The stand looks great and it is holding the TV just fine so all is well.
    Cathy

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  13. I have my own tool box and tools which I hide.
    Don't worry about having left overs, there are always extra screws etc in kits.
    Ice cream was well deserved!

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  14. I usually end up crying or throwing something when I try to put those things together! Good job!

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