Despite being a bit (well a lot) under the weather on the Friday, a good rest seemed to have put me right enough to work out some projects in the house.
For those avid fans who are 'regular readers' of my writing, you will know that, outside my family, my main passions in life are music and cars. This weekend, I have completed my own unique piece of art, turning music into art. Being a keen guitarist and bass player, I think my guitars look splendid and when we re-decorated a while ago, wifey and I wanted a piece of 'art' to go on a large blank wall.
The only thing we found was a metal sculpture that was hideously expensive - too expensive (but a wonder to look at) and since then, we have not actively looked for a piece of art to fill the wall.
2 children later (yes that long - we will be re-decorating again very soon) and we finally got round to doing something. The whole guitars on the wall thing came about because my studio has turned into a bit of a storage unit and with all the kids, getting time in there is nigh on impossible. The solution was to have my beloved guitars in the house, but guitars in cases take up a lot of room and with 3 young children running around, space is always at a premium.
I had seen many shops with guitars all on the wall. But rather than hanging vertically, they were hanging at an angle.
I tried to find the same type of hangers through some contacts and although everyone knew what I meant, no-one could get hold of one. Then one day while walking around Tesco's, I found some hooks, they were large enough for the body of my acoustic so I bought some, and then the following week, I bought smaller ones - suitable for the Les Paul and the bass. After drawing on the wall, some judicious use of a spirit level, tape measure, precisions drilling, and no small amount of screwing, I completed what you see in the photo.
Standing back and looking at the wonder that was my wall, I felt like Andy Warhol, turning music into art, displaying the tools of my hobby with fierce pride. Mrs L appreciated it, the kids thought it was cool and I could get my guitars down whenever I wanted. Result all round. Okay, the hooks and pipe lagging are not as pretty as a custom made holder but hanging my guitars cost me less than £10 rather than £40 each!
However, I didn't stop there. The 'computer area' needed to be less cluttered as it houses the family old banger PC and my own laptop with it's splendid keyboard. So I also put a shelf up (perfectly level I might add) and a couple of nails for the calendars!
It didn't stop there, behind the TV there was some plaster damage from previous and that was filled in.
Mrs L's Mothers day present was a photo frame with very recent pictures of the kids, that was affixed to the wall.
But I still didn't stop - our youngest child needed to go into her own room in her cot and out of Mummy & Daddies. This meant moving the 2 boys in with one another, so a bunk bed was purchased, the room cleared the bunk bed built and the children moved in.
By this time I was properly tired so I stopped - had a bath and went to bed.
All this DIY had taken the entire weekend and I haven't included the trip to; Mrs L's works, IKEA to buy the bed, and Next to return some clothes. These kind of weekends are always good, very productive but also tiring.
There are still loads of projects left for the house, not least sorting out the studio, but while I can, I am enjoying my kids and my music and thanks to my efforts with a drill, the family can enjoy it too.
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