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Mary370Mary370 Posts: 2,003
in The potting shed
Put together my first ever piece of flat pack furniture....


Note to self........buy an electric/battery operated screwdriver 
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  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    Well done.

    I made a new flowerbed and painted the guest bedroom.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • madpenguinmadpenguin Posts: 2,543
    Day by day I am eradicating duckweed from my small wildlife pond....leaf by leaf...... :/
    “Every day is ordinary, until it isn't.” - Bernard Cornwell-Death of Kings
  • SkylarksSkylarks Posts: 379
    edited May 2020
    Well done and it looks great. 

    ...still haven’t mustered up the inclination to paint the fence. It may have to wait until after lockdown so I can pay someone else to do it.
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    I've eventually started to move Hostas out of the polytunnel and into the garden.
    I've also started 38 builders' dumpy sacks of compost.
    Devon.
  • Butterfly66Butterfly66 Posts: 970
    Have tackled the couch grass in 2 large borders. All plants taken out, beds dug over and plants back in. Got it all finished just as the weather changed and we finally got some rain, just in time to give everything a good soak and top up the near-empty water butts.
     If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”—Marcus Tullius Cicero
    East facing, top of a hill clay-loam, cultivated for centuries (7 years by me). Birmingham
  • WilderbeastWilderbeast Posts: 1,415
    @Hostafan1 I'm so jealous if only I had the room to mess about with so much compost 😀
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    Mary370 said:

    Note to self........buy an electric/battery operated screwdriver 
    As someone with a black belt in Ikea I wouldn't recommend electric screwdrivers for flatpack. A ratchet screwdriver with changable bits is ideal though and much better than the rubbish tools that normally come with the stuff.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • WilderbeastWilderbeast Posts: 1,415
    If using a cordless drill/screwdriver be careful you don't snap screws or damage the chipboard over tightening. They can be quite powerful and fast. My favourite tool at work 😀😀
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I know I must be weird but I enjoy assembling flatpacks. 
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • LiriodendronLiriodendron Posts: 8,328
    Me too, @B3.  Provided all the components are present... nothing worse than finding you're one widget short...   :|
    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
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