Merry Christmas everyone! I decided to take a break from playing with all my new cool Santa gifts and instead put a check mark next to this month’s to-do item. Unlike most of my projects, this one is hot off the “reveal” night. Note, the emphasized reveal word was purposely used to keep from misleading you into thinking this was a quick project – nothing of sorts. I almost called this project Massi Procrasti because of the amount of time that passed since starting this project. In fact, it has been so long I absolutely forget how long it has been and can only guess it is upwards of 1 to 1.5+ years in the making.
It all started as a result of a slight case of OCD that I’ve battled since childhood. Normally it is kept in check but I allowed my wife to hang our photography pictures on a long wall facing into our great room. Hanging is a scientific, highly mathematical and sometimes requires massive engineering (link here and here). Unfortunately, my wife doesn’t have those same convictions, her mantra – eyeball it, smack it, hang it, admire it. I might have been able to struggle through her output better had that wall not led directly into our master bedroom – yes, at least twice a day my alarms would blast forcing me to muster everything I had to dampen it below eruption levels. For the legal papers it should also be stated that she recently took to purposely tilting the pictures – feel free to ask her to explain herself in the comments!
Like I said, 10’s of months back the inner voice told me to rid myself of this daily stress. That spark initiated a trip to Menards in search of some nice trim molding. Hours of searching later this specimen revealed itself. Note, I couldn’t find the original progress shots so these were taken during the build and finishing stages that were completed recently – these trim pieces were not stained or finished.
Hit the jump to see how this project came together!
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