Well, best booze-bottle-shelf idea I've ever seen, at least. I mean, I'm sure I could think of a few better ideas if I sat down, but that one took priority when I saw it originally.
Title: Re: Liquor-shelf
Post by: Aimless on 24 Sep 2009, 19:55
Well, instructables does seem to have a lot of different takes on things to do with or for booze :-D
This is another implementation, from the same source: http://www.zero-waste.co.uk/projects/tensiontable.htm
My home-improvement activities: things to put things on or in made from things that aren't made to have things put on or in them.
I like doing it this way because 1. I live in a dorm which, while being quite lovely and now very much a home, isn't going to be anything like a permanent residence, and so 2. might be a little unncessary to fork out tons of cash to furnish it when I can 3. do it cheap and get everything to my taste (with a design theme and everything).
Or whatcha think?
Although I'll be taking some of these ideas with me when I finally decide it's time to settle down and get a real home.
Title: Re: Liquor-shelf
Post by: Bastardous Bassist on 24 Sep 2009, 22:07
I don't know if your dorm has rules against "wooden furniture," because mine did, and it was actually enforced. Make sure you check on that beforehand, because you don't want to end up having to haul your construction to the dumpster. Other than that possibility, it definitely sounds like a good idea. It'll definitely give you some great experience about what you like and what you don't like, and help refine your construction skills.
Title: Re: Liquor-shelf
Post by: Darkbluerabbit on 24 Sep 2009, 22:41
My best friend did this years ago with Snapple Elements (anyone remember those?) bottles on top of an existing bookshelf. I don't know if she got the idea somewhere or just came up with it, but the extra shelves are still intact, so they must be fairly stable.
Title: Re: Liquor-shelf
Post by: BeoPuppy on 25 Sep 2009, 00:32
A rule ... against wooden furniture? Why?
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Post by: 0bsessions on 25 Sep 2009, 10:04
SPLINTERS! AHHHHHH!![/b][/i]
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Post by: KharBevNor on 25 Sep 2009, 10:29
Title: Re: Liquor-shelf
Post by: Barmymoo on 25 Sep 2009, 10:36
Mine has an outright rule on any kind of furniture whatsoever (it does supply antique wooden furniture if you want it though, so I have no idea how that is not equally as dangerous as, say, my beanbag). I'm not sure if storage boxes count but sadly I think the shelf would.
Title: Re: Liquor-shelf
Post by: 0bsessions on 25 Sep 2009, 10:45
Where the fuck do you go to school? Sparta?
Title: Re: Liquor-shelf
Post by: Aimless on 25 Sep 2009, 11:05
That's... baffling, to me! Does it have something to do with like having to empty it over the summer or something?
My dorm came furnished (two bookshelves, a huge desk, a drawer cabinet type thing, a bed, an armchair and a regular chair, some other stuff) but I've transferred almost all of those things to my storage space.
I mean... it's my home, why wouldn't I be allowed to furnish it the way I like? *confused*
Title: Re: Liquor-shelf
Post by: Bastardous Bassist on 25 Sep 2009, 15:14
Ostensibly, it was a fire hazard issue, but all of the supplied furniture was composite wood and our shelves and stuff were normal, light wood; all of which would burn like crazy if there were an actual fire. I pointed this out to the RA (residence adviser, if your school calls them different things) and he had no response. Still, he was obligated to make us get rid of anything.
We played dorm bowling with those. I have pictures, but they all turned out crap, because my camera sucked a lot (it was one of the first affordable digital cameras).