super obvious now
Apr. 28th, 2025 08:01 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
marcicatLast year at some point, I picked up a small set of shelves from the side of the road. (As one does, in this town -- people just put stuff out for free, usually with a sign that says 'free' and sometimes not, which, yes, does occasionally lead to issues.)
ANYWAY the point is that I put this lil' unit in a corner where I didn't see the whole thing at once -- it was next to the bed and also a storage bench, and I could usually only see the top half. Never noticed anything odd about it. Very sturdy. Excellent shelves. Can hold the weight of the cat easily, which was pretty much the reason I picked them up.
And this weekend I did the bi-annual 'let's move the furniture around' party, which 1) entertains me; and 2) gives me a chance to move the bed either under the windows (summer) or against the wall away from the windows (winter). Mostly the entertainment, honestly. The lil' shelves moved to a different wall.
This morning I woke up, looked across the room at the shelves, and immediately thought 'oh, they're crooked.' They've got a pretty serious lean going on! As far as I can tell (lol with my 10,000% lack of structural engineering abilities) they are indeed very sturdy, just kind of, uh, angled.
Since I'm pretty sure I can figure out how to access the level app on my phone, I'm going to check if the shelves are level. They LOOK level to me. Anyway, love the things that suddenly seem SO obvious in the morning light!
ANYWAY the point is that I put this lil' unit in a corner where I didn't see the whole thing at once -- it was next to the bed and also a storage bench, and I could usually only see the top half. Never noticed anything odd about it. Very sturdy. Excellent shelves. Can hold the weight of the cat easily, which was pretty much the reason I picked them up.
And this weekend I did the bi-annual 'let's move the furniture around' party, which 1) entertains me; and 2) gives me a chance to move the bed either under the windows (summer) or against the wall away from the windows (winter). Mostly the entertainment, honestly. The lil' shelves moved to a different wall.
This morning I woke up, looked across the room at the shelves, and immediately thought 'oh, they're crooked.' They've got a pretty serious lean going on! As far as I can tell (lol with my 10,000% lack of structural engineering abilities) they are indeed very sturdy, just kind of, uh, angled.
Since I'm pretty sure I can figure out how to access the level app on my phone, I'm going to check if the shelves are level. They LOOK level to me. Anyway, love the things that suddenly seem SO obvious in the morning light!
