Nest-building

My faithful readers will recall that we had a drama involving the loss by lightning strike of our chaudiere or hot-water tank. I had to replace the whole thing in the end which in turn needed the dismantling of the cupboard that surrounded it. The new tank was of less capacity than the old one, but in the cussed nature of things, turned out to be a little stouter than the old one, which was tall and thin.
  We decided to turn the subsequent need to re-model the cupboard to advantage to add an airing cupboard above the cylinder. As Kim is spending a few weeks in the UK I was able to potter around with this and eventually produced the masterpiece you see above.  The bottom door gives access to the cylinder, the top to the new airing cupboard. Never one to buy new materials if I can avoid it, I used the tongue and groove rescued from the old enclosure, with the addition of a new door manufactured chiefly from the back of an old wardrobe.
  The next project to be tackled was the provision of a larger computer desk as Kim is coming back with a rescued Apple which may need to co-exist with her old machine for a while. She also needs more space to carry on her hobby of card-making. The top of the new unit came from the `dockyard-built` wardrobe which had also furnished the top of the original unit, the rather fetching drawer unit came from an old bedroom cupboard which also provided wood for the wider shelf needed to store our files. It makes a solid rather than elegant corner unit which you can admire above right.
  Now I am the first to admit that my bricolage is not cabinet-work and shows traces of the timber`s previous incarnation where hinges and pivots have been removed.  However it is purpose built to our requirements, re-uses old materials in an environmental way, and, best of all----- ITS FREE!!!


     Bye for now.