"There are people who make things happen, there are people who watch things happen, and there are people who wonder what happened. To be successful, you need to be a person who makes things happen." -- Jim Lovell
(Apropos of nothing in particular. I just like this quote. )
Superman has built another bed. This one is for Light, and I have a part of it, too. While Light is away at college I use her room as an office and place to study. Her bed is the top surface, my office is the portion below the platform.
Here's my area.
This is the ceiling of my office.
Superman is a design engineer. He designs things to stay where he puts them and do what they are supposed to do. This platform bed is supposed to be very stable, and here are his initial cross beam supports.
Here I have moved my stuff into my new office, and there is another support piece.
This is a better shot of my desk. Things have been rearranged a bit since this picture was taken.
Superman has another structural piece there behind the bookshelf. That is a large piece of plywood keeping the thing even more stable.
Why use one screw when three will do? He uses screws instead of nails in almost everything he builds because they are stronger, and easier to remove if he wants to take the structure apart. He's a very thorough fellow.
9 comments:
Honey, please! Always take as many screws as you can get. Especially if it's supporting something ABOVE your head.
Oh I love superman..I need a woman who could build things.
Would he be interested in coming to Canada and building deck with us when Spring really gets here? :)
You are a lucky girl. When a man can build things correctly, he is a true Superman.
Superman is a lesbian carpenter trapped in a straight man's body. hahahahahaha
I hope Light isn't afraid of heights. Where's the ladder to get Light up to the platform? Or is the ladder being used on another project for now? ;-)
Oh, that is some lovely - AND sturdy - construction right there. Very impressed. I'm not much of a builder m'self, but I know good work when I see it!
Don't bump your head, Jav'!
It tells you something about my past that the first thought that goes through my head when I see construction this sturdy is "you could stage choreography on that platform." That bed is not going anywhere. Yay (once again) for Superman. It's nice you and Light are able to share the space so happily, and this construction obviously is a big help.
Your husband puts the 'super' in Superman! Very handy.
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