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There is an ugly, seemingly pointless closet (except for the fact that any storage is good storage in a place this small when you own as much silly garbage as I do) that sat gaping and stupid, like a mouth-breather’s maw, at the back of my new flat’s living room.<\/p>\n

Now I could just pinch whatever sub-architect decided this was a good place for a closet but there you have it: a monstrous, ugly coat closet right there at the back of the main room where you’re most likely to do your entertaining. How lovely.<\/p>\n

So what to do? I don’t own that many coats. Okay, I could fill it with mannequins but that’s beside the point.<\/p>\n

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Then I remember my cd collection which, for the most part, has been boxed for over two years.<\/p>\n

Hmmmm.<\/p>\n

A plan begins to form: a dream of tongues and grooves, the removal of certain articles, the taking of measurements in a small, tight space, the use of tools, sweat, and some hard turned screws (do I make you horny, baby?).<\/p>\n

I strip the traditional shelf and rod out of the closet with an eye towards use elsewhere, make a few measurements, then sit down at the trusty computer to mock-up a virtual plan. In mere minutes I have my scheme. Now all I need is the money …<\/p>\n

Eventually, when I have a few extra dollars to spend, I dash out to the local lumber monger and pick up 12 1″x6″x8′ pine boards (two less than I needed, dagnabbit), bring them home, make a few marks, and commence a carpenterin’.<\/p>\n

When I’m done I have a set of 8’x8′, tongue in groove, media shelves that plunk nicely in the back of said closet.<\/p>\n

After fastening it to the sheet rock and a few studs, I begin to load it up with my long boxed cds – oh, to see the light of day! – and then fill in at the bottom with my meager (yet snobtastic) dvd collection.<\/p>\n

The scent of fresh hewn pine fills the room, the spines of almost 2,000 cds glisten in the light of the … waitaminute, it’s bloody dark in this damned closet, particularly at night!<\/p>\n

razzafrazza<\/p>\n

Luckily, one of the things I brought with me from my last residence (wish I’d a had the sense to ask for “a few”, instead of “a”) is a fluorescent fixture.<\/p>\n

Standing on something built for sitting, I punch a couple of holes in the ceiling of the closet 5″ from the outer wall and 41″ apart, then shove a couple of hooks on butterfly mounts into the ceiling and hang my fixture.<\/p>\n

A few eyelets placed just so for the power and pull cords later and voila:<\/p>\n

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Now all I need to do is a repeat performance for the two missing boards and a couple of matching shelves, to run at right angles at either end, for the remnants of my VHS collection, and I’m good.<\/p>\n

Hotcha!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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