I guess when you need something, sometimes that spurs you on to making it yourself. Necessity and all that. I needed a small cabinet that had a tall area on one side and a few shelves on the other. It also had to be just over 5 feet tall to fit under a light, and I wanted wood. After looking on line and searching many stores to no avail, I decided to try to build it using some scrap pieces of wood, 2 X 4's, and 1X2's laying around in the garage and I had to buy the large flat wood. Shout out to Zac Martin for telling me what kind of screws to get for connecting the wood!
After looking at pictures on how some cabinets were put together on line, I set to work. It only took 2 days to put together and then a few days to paint. Kolby helped me with the holding of wood while I cut the doors on the table saw, too. (We didn't need a repeat of the stair building incident!) No, it is not of high quality and if you are a real wood worker you may need to turn away. But the result is a cabinet I hope lasts a while and it holds the hammock and umbrella just fine. Not too bad for an amateur!
Happy building!
Krista
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