ARGH
Today is full of FAIL.
First I went to Home Depot to try and get the plywood for the headboard project. Home Depot had really crappy plywood. Most of it was bent or warped. Which would have been fine had I planned on screwed the plywood into a wall or onto wooden studs. It does not work for making a headboard, which involves neither of those things. I need a completely flat piece. Besides, a lot of their plywood was splintering badly. I was not impressed. So off to Lowe's.
Which did have much better quality plywood that was actually flat. miome and I actually got a piece down and headed to the cutting station. Most home improvement stores will do basic cuts of the wood for free. Since we drive a Prius, a 4' x 8' piece of plywood was not going to fit. I needed it cut down to a 3'8" x 5' piece. I figured the rest could be used to make the before mentioned fabric cornice.
The problem was that there was their saw was broken. They couldn't do any cutting. Since I didn't want to make it look like we were trying to give the Prius wings by tying it to the top, that was a no go.
Two hours wasted. And I still don't have the plywood I need!
First I went to Home Depot to try and get the plywood for the headboard project. Home Depot had really crappy plywood. Most of it was bent or warped. Which would have been fine had I planned on screwed the plywood into a wall or onto wooden studs. It does not work for making a headboard, which involves neither of those things. I need a completely flat piece. Besides, a lot of their plywood was splintering badly. I was not impressed. So off to Lowe's.
Which did have much better quality plywood that was actually flat. miome and I actually got a piece down and headed to the cutting station. Most home improvement stores will do basic cuts of the wood for free. Since we drive a Prius, a 4' x 8' piece of plywood was not going to fit. I needed it cut down to a 3'8" x 5' piece. I figured the rest could be used to make the before mentioned fabric cornice.
The problem was that there was their saw was broken. They couldn't do any cutting. Since I didn't want to make it look like we were trying to give the Prius wings by tying it to the top, that was a no go.
Two hours wasted. And I still don't have the plywood I need!