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Wife wanted a plant shelf on Amazon for $60. I said, pshh, I can build that myself. So I did. It only cost $90 and took all weekend.(lemmy.world)

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Made entirely from 1x2 pine. Ripped into thirds for the shelf slats. Pocket holes. Glue. Brads and glue for the shelf slats.

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Swaziboy@lemmy.world
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Nice work! $90 and the satisfaction of having built something yourself! Did/ are you thinking of staining it given the wateringv situation?

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thenewred@lemmy.worldOP
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I already coated with paste wax. Should be enough, we’ll see.

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chase_what_matters@lemmy.world
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I’d say about $30 better

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Albbi@lemmy.ca
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Don’t be so cheap, it’s a whole 50% better!

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bignate@discuss.tchncs.de
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Looks great! Did you at least get to buy a few new tools out of it as well?

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thenewred@lemmy.worldOP
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I used the tools I bought earlier to justify those purchases

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LaSaucisseMasquee@jlai.lu
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Smart

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Kengaro0@lemmy.world
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I’d like to see you’re wife’s version of this post.

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ladicius@lemmy.world
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His wife obviously is a plant hoarder. She’ll probably buy the Amazon one, too, and overload both with innocent, helpless seedlings.

That monster.

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fluxion@lemmy.world
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“Finally got all my plants organized, so happy with the result!”

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Kengaro0@lemmy.world
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Oh. I guess I thought it would be funnier.

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meseek #2982@lemmy.ca
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“Finally got all my wacky, zany plants organized, so happy with the result!”

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cor315@lemmy.world
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Look what my awesome husband made for me!

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duckman@lemm.ee
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Well it looks really nice

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