A work surface: followup

[darkemeralds]

I put my hinged table project on hold because this whole other almost-full time, intensive, non-paying job of writing intervened, but today after "work" (I shouldn't put that in quotes--it's work) I finally finished it.



Just hanging around:


In service:


It's...not bad, functionally. Standing-height, reasonably sturdy. I could have spent more time perfecting the paint job, and it's not that easy to reach under and extend the triangular supports, but whatever.

If I had it to do over again, I'd probably opt not to, but hey! It'll come in handy, and it's not in the way, and plus, I learned all about strap-toggles and the vagaries of terribly uneven old plaster walls.

Total cost: about $75.

Comments

[darkemeralds]

I know the feeling! I'm motivated in this case not to cover it up because it really does take up half the living room when it's open. My thought is that maybe, during a sewing project, I could leave it extended for a couple of days at a time, but it just takes up too much room to be out permanently.

Also--and I didn't anticipate this--it's absolutely invisible in the dark, and I would HATE to be running into it. I'm thinking it needs some LED light strips or something. For safety. Like, I dunno, a runway or something.