Thread: WIP - Boot Box or Snug or Seating

So we all have that bit of space that is no good for anything and just ends up with a big pile of junk (no I am not talking about the back right hand corner of my shed), for us it was the space behind the front door

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Constantly accumulating stuff and of course the location of the all important NBN paraphernalia, not really big enough for anything, so I came up with the idea of a boot box a few years ago – drew up 2 concepts and stuck them on the fridge not really thinking beyond that

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So jump forward to this year – having to have a bit of time off work and needing something to slow my mind down I thought I might tackle something a bit harder than the usual shelves,
So in true fashion with no real plan and definitely no real idea I cleared out the hole and started with the most illogical piece first the face plate,

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Realise that it wouldn’t hold itself there I thought I had better build a bit of a frame to go behind it, then of course it needed to be strong (2 x 9 year old boys will soon destroy anything lightweight)

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and yep there’s that mess in the back corner of my shed, this whole build was a project of “what am I going to do now” but eventually bit by bit to came together

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For the first time ever I think I used just about every tool I had in the shed, from hand tools to power tools – and found out some I had were pretty handy (This little Bosch saw was awesome)

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It got to the point that I couldn’t sleep because I just wanted to keep working on it, to the point I got a message one night “where are you?” to which I replied obviously “in the shed” to only get back “2:00am?”

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A few obstacles to get around but that just added to the fun,

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SO then had to go back to work – it’s in but not quite finished and I am still trying to work out how I want to finish it off but I am very happy with the end result

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The bosses gumboots fit in the box closet to the door and the other side fits the "rainy day" bag - the seat lifts up and there are currently 12 pairs of boots and shoes in there and still a bit of room, all that is left is to sit down have a few of these and contemplate what the top is going to be,

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