When we come into the house we throw our coats on the couch. When we want to sit on the couch we throw our coats somewhere else. So we thought, "hey lets buy a coat rack." Everything was made in another country. We use to make stuff in our country but now we just buy stuff and other countries make stuff. In fact I hear they even borrow us the money to buy stuff from them. So anyways, before I go off track, here is a simple guide on building a coat rack yourself.
First thing is to go into your basement and find a scrap of wood.
Set up your saw horses made in China. Cut the wood to size on your Chinese made saw that you bought for under a $100 at the Home Depot.
Notice the sticker on the back of the wood that you bought at the Home Depot. This is going to be a multi-national project.
Cut the ends at 30 degrees with your saw made in China.
Mark a hole with a pencil, made in Indonesia and tape
measure made in the USA of all places, every 4".
Drill 1/2"
dia holes, 1/2" deep into the wood, using your drill made in China, that you bought for under $100 at the Home Depot. Sand with your $50 Black & Decker Belt Sander made in the
Philippines.
Glue 3 pegs from Indonesia into the coat rack and insert two pegs into a scrap board from Sweden, but do not glue these two pegs. You will need them later.
Using a can of primer spray paint made in Korea, apply two coats.
Ten minutes after the primer is dry, spray two coats of finish color on.
Finally using a level, mark the two outside holes,
pre drill and attach to wall. Glue in the last two pegs and hang your hat, made in China and your jacket made in Bangladesh.
In the end this guy would never buy an $8.00 coat rack made in China. I would make it myself because I am part Irish!
This posting and coat rack was proudly made in Missouri.
For most of my life I have waited until I have painted the perfect picture to go on the wall. Which means I never have art on my wall because I am never happy with the stuff I paint. Kind of like the plumber and his bathroom sink leaks, I am the artist with no art to provide my wife.
So yesterday we got the idea to go to The Goodwill and shop for frames. You can pick up $6.00 frames with art in them. We tore out the art that was in them and printed a few of our favorite photographs from the garden last summer. We then used some mats I had laying under the frame table and framed these three pictures up. So for about $20 we made a nice little grouping.
As you can see above the wall was in need of something. We have been waiting to really decorate the place until the construction was finished. It is nice to finally start the next stage of the project. We were on Room & Board.com the other night. We played a game where we add to the shopping cart all the furnishings we need. We came to a grand total of $11,282.00. We hope to do the same buying second hand and building things, but yet not spending anywhere near $11,282.00. If you want to see what we would pick out if money was no object, please send your check to us for $11,282.00 and we will show you. ;)
