Alright. This post is super late. Sorry about that. Something about writing on a deadline just rubs me the wrong way. Keep that in mind when I say that I’ll be posting weekly updates. You’ll have the option to either tell me I’m full of shit right then and there or wait 7 days until you have proof and tell me I was full of shit 7 days ago when I said that nonsense.
In any case, the headboard.
Planning is a major part of any woodworking project. Who knew? My buddy did. I didn’t. So I planned it. After asking dozens of questions over as many days, I began to form a rough image in my head. Here’s the thing, I can’t explain it.
“Then draw it out. You need to draw it out so you know what dimensions you’re working with.”
Woah. That’s brilliant. So I set my artistic skills to good use. After about 4 days, I came up with this.
Welcome to the Lady Dungeon and why yes, that is Pumpkin Spice you're smelling, Linda.
“…”
“well?” I said hopefully.
“Is this what you think is going to happen when you build this headboard?”
“Yes.”
“You… ok”
Alright, so apparently my artistic rendering of the headboard wasn’t what he was talking about. Also, I’m a shit artist according to some people. That’s fine, everyone said Van Gogh was a shit artist until he cut off his ear. Then when they talked shit he just looked at them and was like, whatever bitches, I can’t hear you.
I may not be good at art, but I am decent with computers. So I googled some things and came up with TinkerCad.com. I’d highly recommend this site if you’re looking for a simple, cloud based 3D modeling software that you can for lack of a better term, tinker with. After a few hours, I had this.
It still needed more. In my overwhelming desire to complicate an already complex project, I thought: “This headboard needs lights.”
Perfect! Like in a hotel room! Fucking awesome idea, I said to myself. So I began the search and settled on the smallest sconce lights I could find that didn’t look like shit and put them into the design to check and see if they’d work.
And they did! What do you know, my woodworking expert friend really knew what he was talking about. This concept and design phase was critical. I can’t stress enough how this completely made the project feasible. Also, had I not put in these things, I could have wasted a lot of money in unused parts or shitty lights that didn’t work well with the design. All I had to do now was to actually buy the wood. Then sand it. Then sand it a dozen more times and then put it together. How hard could that shit be?
Next week… or so