Aha, something to build for the office!

I have a pretty great set-up in my new office: two big desks to spread out on, a table big enough to fit 5 people around, even a bookshelf for all my old books with some room to put pictures of the kids. Even better, it's all mine! Mine mine mine. Except when I have a meeting in it, which is quite often b/c I'm very important.

First day: I don't think there's any important detail in here. At least I hope not. 

Here's today's view from the other direction...it's nice and sunny out today.

Anyway, the one thing I wasn't crazy about right off the bat was the PC set up. I have a laptop on a dock that I can work off of a full-sized monitor from, and a wireless keyboard. But it's on a weird swivel tray, and my mouse kept falling off. At first I just moved the laptop to the other desk, which I also liked b/c I'm not crazy about not facing the door. But then I can't print and the battery life isn't great, so three months in and I still haven't quite nailed how I like to work yet. Not something to complain about though.

So I got fed up last week, took the tray off the desk myself and just put everything on the desk. It's flat, so it's a step in the right direction, but I need to raise the monitor a couple of inches. So hooray, scrap project time!

I still have not cleaned up from the last two projects. Yikes.

Ah, my favorite kind of project. Perfect to knock out in an afternoon and scratch the project itch. Between the new job and my classes, I was hoping to find something small to work on, and this definitely fit the bill. I had a few nice looking boards that didn't need much work, so I table sawed a few quick miters and glued them up. Easy.

Stopping point one: let the glue dry and it should be good. 

More wipe-on poly, man that goes on thin.

Maybe I should have tried dovetails on the joints here. Probably. Eventually. For now, miters were helpful for getting this done when I could find the time. .

Oops. Should have made it two boards wide. Oh well.

The perfect scrap project: glue a few cuts, a little sanding, and a coat or two of wipe on poly, some felt buttons on the bottom, and ta da, one easy yet functional monitor stand. It's enough work that I feel recharged, but it didn't take weeks to complete.