Not long after I built the play kitchen for LMS for Christmas (last year), she requested a shelf that would hang above the play kitchen that she could put her dishes on. I promised her I'd make one, but then never got around to it.
This summer when I was building a couple other projects I built LMS her shelf. It was a pretty simple build and took just a few minutes to put together. I used pieces of leftover beadboard for the backing and then added trim to make it look nicer- that took longer than the build itself did.
I've realized that building stuff usually goes pretty quickly, it's the finish work- the trim, the putty/caulk, the sanding, the painting- that takes time.
That said, I still finished the shelf last fall sometime, but never got around to actually hanging it on the wall till a couple weeks ago. Yes, I am a huge slacker/procrastinator sometimes.
I think it turned out great and LMS loves it. Now she doesn't have to store her dishes in the oven- which is just not the thing to do, in her mind :)
What part of your projects takes the longest?
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