Pantry Shelves done!!

I am so happy, they are done!  We decided to hold off on putting any stain or anything on in case we decide to redo them sometime soon.  But I am happy!

It was a little wasted area between the kitchen and the laundry room.  We just threw stuff there and it usually looked like a stack of appliances  ;P

You can see it is the small end of a hallway and we plan to turn it into a back door next summer so did not want something permanent here.

The floor is just the cheap wood look stuff the old owners put in quickly when they heard we prefer no carpets.  We plan to redo it all in a few years so are not worried about it...

This is it almost done!  The shelves were test fitted and we measured the lowest one right and our water bottles can slide under!

It is pretty and 2'3" deep, a nice size when you can use all of it!

Just another view to show we left the middle one tall because we plan our appliances stored here and some how weird tops!

The wood oil and Ryobi tools, the sandpaper and my shelves spaced apart and screwed tight!

Woot, I love it!

I am planning out the long shelf in the one bedroom now.  I got cedar planks but only 2" wide... I guess I thought it was 2' instead of 2"!    So, that is my next project and I am wondering if I will be able to make the 3 levels of shelving for the room  I had planned or if I might switch it up somehow...  I have a ton of this shelf wood here left so can do the very bottom of this and the higher ones at eye level of the pretty cedar...  That might work...

Anyway, if you feel like you can and believe in yourself you can do it!  Trust yourself and know you are stronger then you think!!  Seriously, If I can learn to do it, so can you!

hugs, Sea

#Attu

#Unangan

#HandMadeWithLove

#DIY

#RyobiTools

#AnnaWhite

Almost there! Pantry shelves DIY

I have been having a good time doing these shelves and glad my measurements are holding up and it is rock solid with no wiggle!

I still need to screw each shelf into place and sand it... but woot, rockin' these shelves!

I have debating whether or not to seal it now or wait until we redo it since I plan to make it prettier somehow as well as functional!

So, the shelves are in place and it looks pretty good so far, I wonder if I should get some mineral oil and do beeswax DIY or just go buy some wood oil...  Some sanding to do and they are not perfectly cut but that is due more to doing it on the floor and one day I will have a work space dedicated to it!

I took some more pictures and will show them when it is completed, hopefully tomorrow!

It is great to have come this far where I truly overcame my fears.  The sound of the saw used to scare me so bad and the sound of the screw sometimes too!  But I realized I was probably more afraid of not finishing it at all then doing it wrong and decided I am in control here! 

So, got the pantry shelves almost done and for the most part love it!  I think I can do this!  I will do the shelves in the rooms and see about the greenhouse and garage!  :p

Believe in yourself!

#Attu

#Unangan

#HandMadeWithLove

#WoodWorking

#RyobiTools

Pantry Shelf Day 2 or is it 3?

Lost track already of which day I am on... but I am enjoying the progress so far!

We first got the lumber weeks ago and the tools awhile ago too and it was me being afraid of trying something new I guess... 

But watching Anna White really inspires me to just do it all that I think about!  So, I finally decided to go for it.  I had measured the area for the pantry shelves when I first got the lumber and again before I began cutting, but then the wasp thing happened...

Hehehe, so I took that rest of day off and began the next day fresh.  I managed to get a bunch cut but then realized I was doing the wrong measurement!

Oh man, so my plans called for the shelf to be 4 planks deep and I had measured that so each of them would need to be 4' long and instead I made them the other measurement  (the width not length)...  but decided those will become the brace for my shelves and cut new ones yesterday and today!

Woot, felt good not feeling defeated by it.  Before, I would have taken a week off to mend my ego but now I keep a positive mindset all the time!  Makes a huge difference because I can lift myself back up before I get all the way to the ground now!

It is so important to learn yourself and know the kinds of things that effect you so you can learn how to fix it. 

But back to my amazing pantry shelves!  It is weird learning to use new tools that you think you already know just by watching others do it, whether your family or youtube but when you try it yourself it can be tricky. 

My shelve measurements I used the carpenters square to draw the lines to make sure I was mostly level when the first screw went in.  The first 5 screws went in pretty ok, but then the 6th one just did not want to go into it at all.  I will try to figure out why but think it is just I need to pre-drill my holes.  Simple and effective solution that I probably should have started with!

I did take a pic of the empty space but will save it for the big "reveal" post...  though it wont be nearly as pretty as I plan it to be for a permanent one, this one is designed to be stand alone and while strong not glued so I can take it apart and redo it better when I learn more.

Just a quick update, progress is slow but steady!  I think it will be done by tomorrow and how exciting my shelve spacers were done by accident when I did the wrong measurements  :p  So, none wasted!

Hugs and take care and do wish me luck!!  And leaving you with a shot my Home:  Attu, Alaska

#Attu

#HandMadeWithLove

#DIY

#Unangan

Stand Up / Stand N Rock #NoDAPL (Official Video) ~Remember this??!!

What is interesting to me is how was it allowed to get this far? 

Brioni Faith - Everybody's Free

How exciting!  I am here at about 2:52, second row from top! 

Pantry Shelf day 1

It started off very good!  I got it set up on the patio outside the back door and was working on the shelf while another was working on clearing out our shed and another was working on mowing the yard back there.  We like it to be half jungle looking but every once in awhile will mow just to keep trees from starting.

So, one was doing the shed, clearing out the stuff that we threw in there that we did not want to throw out yet but didn't have room for in the house.  We had decided to use it as our diy area for salves etc. that we wanted to be able to store undisturbed.

While I was learning how the Ryobi Circular Saw worked they began doing their own things back there too.  I managed to get the 2 12' boards cut in half to make the 6' supports for my shelves and was thrilled.  It was as easy as I had thought it would be once I got over my fear of the saw.

We had bought this combo tool kit and I was excited to begin using it!  Be warned the circular saw is 5 1/2" blade! 

I brought out one of the boards I needed to make 3 cuts on but this one was thicker then my first boards and it gave me a bit of trouble.  At first I thought it was the mat I had them on.  I used my foam for making armor stuff, that puzzle stuff.  I thought maybe it does not like the material so decided to try to use a board underneath.

Except it did not seem to work with the thicker ones at all.  It would begin and then stop once it made about an inch long cut into the wood.  I was in the process of figuring it out when the one working on clearing out the shed yelped.  She was pulling out a big cardboard box we had stored in there and it contained either a bee nest or a wasp nest!  She got stung on her leg.  I decided I really did not want to be using a saw when there was a nest of angry bees so close(!!!) so called it a day and brought my stuff back inside...

As I was bringing my stuff in she decided to see if she could get the box out of the shed and off to the side except the bees decided No!  We all raced inside and have the people coming to remove it this Wednesday...

But I decided I needed bigger tools  :p

So I will be saving up for my new one:  a miter saw!  Those seemed as scary as a circular saw to me but I got over the fear of the saws and now want a miter!

The combo I want is not available...so... Hey, Ryobi, be a pal and send me one!!  Oh, read the page better and it is the same price as buying them separately...Hmmm

So now I decided to try sawing them by hand so I can do it inside.  It is 4 boards with 3 cuts each so hopefully will not take me too long.  We do not plan to glue these together because we figure we will get better soon and be able to redo it strong and pretty.  My plan is just to screw them onto a board support, 4 of those underneath with the end 2 attaching to my support poles.  So, it will be strong now and later on we can make it both functional and gorgeous! 

I don't really want to film or get pics of the process as I am so new at it that I doubt anyone could learn from it so far.  I hope to get a little shop area set up though!  Would love a nice craft room, curtained off area for the wood working, nuno felting table and storage of fibers, silk worm rearing, mushroom logs, just want to do it all! 

Maybe if i can get enough views I can get Ryobi to send me a discount code to use at Home Depot  :P  worth a shot!  So, be a pal and share this with your friends and family...

#HandMadeWithLove

#Ryobi

#HomeDepot

#Indigenous

#Unangan

#AttuAlaska

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Making my first shelf!

I am excited, we are making our first shelf this weekend!  We got the lumber from home depot about 2 weeks ago and have been planning and waiting for a good weekend to begin.

Following the measure twice, cut once rule I measured the area when the lumber first came and again just now.  Our measurements were barely off and I think that was just because the first one I just looked and this time I pressed the tape measure against the wall to see where it hit.

So tomorrow we plan to saw the wood and depending on how long it takes me to haul the lumber outside to cut and back inside, I might do the cutting tomorrow and assembly Sunday.

If you are planning to build some stuff and are looking for plans I highly recommend Anna White! 

Her website has free plans and she also has another with plans you can buy.

She also has a Youtube channel with the video that inspired me to do my own!

After the pantry we plan a long garage sort next then a greenhouse! 

We may not get to the greenhouse until next Spring but we will see how ambitious I feel!  I think all will go well with the pantry.  That is my first step then the garage style shelving for a long indoor wall and a shorter one in another room with a blank wall.  If those go well I may decide to try something more complex to see how it goes then the greenhouse and maybe even build my own garage!

The Artiste Herself

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#HandMadeWithLove

#WoodWorking

#AttuTribe

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#Unangan

#CraftsWoman

#MMIWG ~ the "g" stands for "genocide" not girls! Get it right!

I was very happy at first to see people using the hashtag #MMIWG!  It felt great that we were finally being acknowledged and seen!  But, not quite...

People are trying to turn the hashtag meaning into something else, something more comfortable for them and that is wrong! 

Would you sit by and let people turn the #BLM hashtag into Black Looks Matter? No, you would say something about it…

So, please, ask yourself why you are so comfortable with using the wrong words when it comes to the #indigenous?  We will pause here while you sit and think deep and hard about it...

It is because you are so comfortable with our genocide...  The sad, ugly truth... you are so used to it that you do not even think of "it" as real anymore... and when it is brought up you try to deflect and distract by switching the meaning from genocide ~an atrocity against humanity, to girls ~so much more sweet sounding...  but how dare you!  

The insanity must stop! You are not allowed to change our meanings, our words or our voices into something you are more comfortable with! How dare you think it was ok in the first place!

Either do not use the #MMIWG at all and simply say you support us or use the right word: genocide!

And this number was from a couple hundred years ago, it has probably doubled by now...

#MMIWG

#Indigenous

#IndigenousLands

#IndigenousRule