My conservatory had turned into a dumping ground with too many plants dumped everywhere and not enough storage meaning stuff was all over the place.
So we settled on a custom powder coated commercial bench from Two West's with powder coated front panels to hide all the stuff underneath!
It arrived Friday so I moved everything yesterday and cleaned it up.
I then started assembly. The frame was designed to go over the shelf and give me one continuous surface as well as a bit more storage underneath. I also moved the cross pieces between the legs back and had legs every 2ft to attach the panels to. We had it coated with an anthracite colour.
After a bit of fiddling it looked like this.
Then with top and panels it looks like this.
Then the obligatory strength test..
I worked out we needed a nice strong set up for the plants to go on with plenty of storage underneath. My wife wanted it to look nice.Conservatory sort out
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Re: Conservatory sort out
Some plants in place and on a cheap tiered corner stand from eBay.
I still need to fix the panels - I'm planning to glue neodymium magnets onto the frames and panels to fix them in place.
Still plenty of room (to be filled tomorrow with things from the greenhouse I imagine!).I still need to fix the panels - I'm planning to glue neodymium magnets onto the frames and panels to fix them in place.
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Re: Conservatory sort out
edds wrote: ↑Sun Nov 29, 2020 4:40 pm My conservatory had turned into a dumping ground with too many plants dumped everywhere and not enough storage meaning stuff was all over the place.
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I worked out we needed a nice strong set up for the plants to go on with plenty of storage underneath. My wife wanted it to look nice.
So we settled on a custom powder coated commercial bench from Two West's with powder coated front panels to hide all the stuff underneath!
It arrived Friday so I moved everything yesterday and cleaned it up.
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I then started assembly. The frame was designed to go over the shelf and give me one continuous surface as well as a bit more storage underneath. I also moved the cross pieces between the legs back and had legs every 2ft to attach the panels to. We had it coated with an anthracite colour.
After a bit of fiddling it looked like this.
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Then with top and panels it looks like this.
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Then the obligatory strength test..
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Currently being wooed by Haworthia, attempting hybridisation, and enticed by Mesembs. Recently discovered gorgeous Gasteria.
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Re: Conservatory sort out
Thanks Terry. I'm really pleased and so is my wife and you know what they say - happy wife, happy life!
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Re: Conservatory sort out
Looking great Ed
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Re: Conservatory sort out
Excellent, ED, very smart. Another star for TwoWests too.
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Re: Conservatory sort out
Thanks guys. Two West's certainly did a great job, even with bespoke instructions for all the slight differences.
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Re: Conservatory sort out
That looks really smart, excellent idea
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Re: Conservatory sort out
As others have rightly said, looks very smart.
Regards Keith.
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