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Wife wanted a plant shelf on Amazon for $60. I said, pshh, I can build that myself. So I did. It only cost $90 and took all weekend. (lemmy.world)

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Made entirely from 1x2 pine. Ripped into thirds for the shelf slats. Pocket holes. Glue. Brads and glue for the shelf slats.

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[-] lipilee@feddit.nl 31 points 11 months ago

my guess is yours look like what your wife wanted, wheres the amazon one would have looked like utter shit (also the quality), and nothing like the pictures on the site. so well done man.

[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 11 months ago

also highly questionable origins and who knows what kind of conditions the assembly workers went through

[-] Che_Donkey@lemmy.ml 9 points 11 months ago

On top of all that you had a nice weekend working on a hobby you enjoy. Can't put a price tag on that.

[-] DogMuffins@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 11 months ago

It's always the size.

My Mrs has bought heaps of stuff from Amazon only to find it's about a quarter the size she expected.

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