Hey, OK so I got this amazing idea oh my God it's so perfect.
So, I have this Box, umm, a little while ago I made this garden box.
So I had flowers any you know, I was growing food and you know, all these things so...
that's why I made the box.
Anyway, this is what it looked like [...] So, that I actually built mmm I don't know
maybe like eight months ago or so something like that.
So a little while ago.
But, what actually happened was that all the flowers died.
You know, I didn't really water them like I should have every day and I was really bad
with keeping up with remembering when I watered them and all that so anyway, now it's empty.
There's nothing in it and there are a few like lights and stuff you can see in here.
So just some lights.
So I'm not really using it as you can see and I can't really put other things in it
like for storage becaaause if you look down here you can see... this is what we got.
So you can see that there are holes in the bottom and I think there are about maybe 12
holes in total down there.
And the reason that the holes are there is because when I was using the box for gardening
I wanted to make sure that I could water the plants and have run off so that the water
would actually go *through* the box and not like, get trapped in there [pause] and get
all nasty.
So ANYWAY, just a few minutes ago I walked in the room and I kind've saw the box in the
corner and it's just always *there* and I don't use it and I thought oh my God this
is perfect.
I can actually use this box and turn it into a desk.
So that's what I'm gonna show you.
I'll show you the process of what I did and hopefully I'll record all of it, I don't know,
so that you can see my process.
Anyway, let's get started.
[...]
So I just finish unscrewing those pieces as you saw.
So I took out all the screws... and now you can see kind've what I'm left with [...]
So the box had 4 sides.
You know 2 in the front, 2 on the sides, front, back, side, side, and I removed one of the
sides so now that's off.
So now I kind of have to figure out which part of the box I wanna use as the legs and
then that will kind've determine which part I unscrew next.
So you can see back here that's gonna be the top of the desk.
So before that was actually the side of the garden box and now I'm changing it so that
it will end up being the top of my desk [...] Oops.
So that there I'm gonna use as one of the legs and I have 4-in-all and before, I mean
I guess really they were kind've used as legs too before with the gardener, but before I
actually used wheels on the bottom so I could kind've like, cart it around and it was easy
to move.
But, now I'm not using any wheels so... they will continue to kinda be legs I guess [...]
So now I have 4 legs in all and I just finish and unscrewing everything so I'll show you
what I have.
So over here I have the 4 legs and then that is going to be the top.
And now I kinda have to figure out how I'm gonna, how I'm gonna like *connect* all the
pieces together.
So kinda what it looks like.
Like, I haven't figured out or set up a plan of how I'm gonna do it.
So now I'm gonna attach the legs and here's what I have.
So I have four of those, you know obviously, 4 legs .... Soo, it will be little more clearer
later when I can kind've zoom out and show you what it looks like after it's attached.
But basically I'm gonna attach all four legs to each side, I'll flip the table over so
that, umm, it's standing ... aaand [clicks tounge] I dunno, it's kinda really all on
the fly so I didn't kinda plaaan anything before I did this.
There are no designs or big picture I just kinda like, walked in the room and decided
I wanted to change my gardener into a desk so...
So anyway when I'm done I'll zoom out and show you what that looks like so.
Oh yeah!
And keep in mind I really didn't paint, well, really stain not all of the pieces are stained
and the reason for that is because when it was, before when I used it as a gardener I
put everything together, you know I built it, screwed it all together, and *then* I
decided to stain it which meeeans that the some of the parts that were covered are not
you know, they're not stained.
I couldn't get to them cuz they were covered.
So.
Now that I'm taking it all apart I'm looking at all my pieces and I'm like, "Ohhh yeah,
that part's not stained because it was covered."
So later I'm gonna have to decide whether I want to paint the whole thing and just give
it a whole fresh coat.
Ooor, if I wanna stain it.
Stain it so it's all the same color and I will have to kind of find out what color I
used before for the stain because I *don't* remember.
So...
I don't remember if I saved the label and put it somewhere so that later I could say,
"oh that's the stain color used.
Let me go back to the store and buy some more."
Buuut, III don't think I did that.
So.. uhh.. maybe I can I'll just cover it all and give it a fresh new coat of paint
with a different color.
I don't know.
That's a decision for later, but for now it's really not all that important.
So now I'm pre-drilling which just means I'm making the holes without any screws.
I'm gonna use a bit, I think it's called a bit, I think .... So this here, it's not a
screw but ... here you can see it better if I put it here so It's just used for pre-drilling
holes so I'll pre-drill 2 holes and when I'm done I'll switch that out with the screw and
drill those in.
And then that will connect the leg to the table.
And I'm sorry I'm using one hand for my signing.
It's kinda awkward [transcript clarification: awkward for me] but..
So I just drilled all four of my legs and here are two here.
One and twooo.
And then I have on the other side 2 more.
Three and four.
Sooo [sigh] I dunno maybe you can tell they're a little bit crooked.
You know kind've leaning off away from each-other so that side's not as bad but on this side
you can really tell.
You can see here when I move them.
So they're really not [laughing] sturdy.
You know, not really too strong so you know I'm aware of it and I'm gonna add, uhh, a
plank across to connect both of them so that they're straighter.
So that when I flip the table *over*, so that it's standing, umm, I'll drill from the top
down into the legs so that tables more stable and the legs are more secure [...] And voila!
We have my plank across.
Leg one, leg two.
So now they're not *leanin* away from each-other all crooked-like.
No, no, no.
So it's perfect.
And they're more straight now.
SOOO actually I *don't* like it.
What happened is I finished connecting all the pieces, Iput the planks on, and I turned
the table upside down.
And as I looked at it I just really wasn't feelin it.
And I realized it's because the legs just look sooo close together.
So I decided, ya know it's an easy fix it's not a big-deal, but niow I gotta unscrew everything
and do it again.
And when I finish *that* then I'll move the legs further apart so right right now they're
so close so I'll move them further away from each-other and make sure that I have more
space between the legs.
Cuz it's just... nooot really lookin right.
[music] So, it's still a little bit wobbly.
I'll show you here ... So yeah you can see it's like moving a little
bit here and it's little bit wobbly.
But, like I said I can fix it.
I'm gonna add some of these.
And they're called, lemme see, they're called corner braces.
Corner braces.
So, and they're really simple, easy to find.
You can go to like home depot or something like that.
Lowe's.
[Sucks toungue].
And we already had a bunch you know we had a bag filled with these so, you know, from
other projects that we did.
So I just found the bag in pulled these out.
It was really easy, but.
I'll add these so I'll have 4 legs and I'll add 2 to each leg.
And I'm *hoping* that will give the table more stability.
Sta-bil-i-ty.
[Laughs].
So, that each leg will hopefully, but be a little more sturdy .... [...].
So I just finished adding on the braces I am *quite* satisfied.
Now the table still moves a little bit, but you know it's alright with me.
It's completely fine.
I just have to realize that I can't LEAN on that table and put all my weight on it.
And you know, that's really not what it's for.
So..
I think if I just use if for my laptop, or, you know have my iMac computer on it then
I should be good.
I'll just remember not to sit on it and I think if I keep that in mind and that that's
the reason I use the table and not lean on it you know just all all willy-nilly cuz you
know I might faaalll [laughs].
I don't know, but I'mmm finished.
So I'll show you some pictures.
I don't know if I'll post them over here, or over there, or where I'll put them.
But I'll post some pictures from Before & After.
Aaand that's it, I'm finished, byee.