If I'd known the scale of the task....

My pantry before, (with doors removed). Stranded way off in the far corner of the kitchen. Doors difficult to open. Hmmmm. Think maybe I'll just knock up a new one out of this recycled pine I was given. I'll put it over in the other corner of the kitchen, where it's easy to access. I'll just re-use the old doors, because who wants to build doors?

Hmmmm. These boards are a little wonky. Oh well, that's just rustic, right? Uh oh. These doors have borer in them, would be a shame to put them on my lovely new pantry, and they are sooooo heavy. Maybe I can come up with a way to build some lightweight doors out of the same recycled pine? (Thinks about how to get around not having the right tools). Ok, got it! Screws! Glue! Set squares! Ok! doors built! Uh Oh. Where did that lightbulb come from???? Why is it right where the door will hit it when I open it???? Grrrrr.

Bugger it! Leave for the week to go off and work in the city. Spend whole week speculating if I can get away with moving the light fitting rather than cutting down the doors. decide that I'm going to have to cut down the pantry doors. Head home. Unscrew top of doors and borrow Dad's "renovator" power tool to cut through the glue. Cut down doors by about 10cm, then screw and glue back together again. Now there is a gap at the top of the pantry that needs covering, and hardly any pine left. Nail up the last remaining piece, even though it's crooked. I'll put some trim around the top when I do the ceiling, it'll be fine. With much difficulty and swearing, I screw the hinges in and attach the doors. One hinge is too stiff because I cut the rebate too deep. Pack it out in a hap-hazard manner. Ok, that'll do. Go to put up flyscreen over the door panels. Haven't got enough. OK. FINE. Go back to city to work for the week. 5 shifts over 3 days. Come down with a head cold on the last day, of course it's a double shift. Drag myself home and stay in bed for about 36 hours. Get up and contemplate pantry doors. Cut MDF board to fit lower panels. Looks crappy next to pine. Put wallpaper over it. It's ugly '60;s wallpaper that clashes with the wallpaper sample wall, but it will do for now. Then something finally goes right. I have just enough flyscreen left to do the top panels.

That's it. It works well enough. My one-day job that turned into four days across three weekends.

In more lighthearted news, that night when I finished work, with a head cold? Couldn't get my car into the driveway because THIS.

Ouch. Hedgehogporn. This photo went viral on Facebook. And by viral, I mean it got 50 likes.

In bathroom news, the gib is up, and gib stopped. It was painful. And I forgot to take a photo. I'll take one when it's painted. Maybe when the coveing is up, Scotia? Architrave? Whatevs. I'm going to watch 3 or 4 episodes of Ripper Street, and eat chocolate cake.
Because I deserve it.

UPDATE: That 60's wallpaper drove me crazy real quick. So...

Ahhhh. That's better. Patchwork to match the wall. Also, cake!