I'm not handy, but I try.

Ok, I am the first to admit that I am not the handiest girl in the world. I can follow directions, but I just don't have a great sense about how things work. I am making a concerted effort in this new house to figure things out and become more handy.

The first room Jay and I have decided to tackle is our office. We will probably spend as much time in there as we will in our own bedroom. We took an evening trip to Ikea (very dangerous move), and came home with two desks to help launch our office space. Jay put his together in a morning, but I told him that I wanted to put together mine all on my own as part of my home-owners training.

So after work on Wednesday, I settled myself in to tackle this new project.

A mountain of boxed desks.

 My project- The Lasse

 Taking inventory of my pieces (for the record, Jay was mocking my process at this point)

 My desk even included a drawer-Jay didn't have to deal with a drawer.

 An hour and a half in and the book-shelf portion was done. I was not doing well with time at this point.

Well, it took me 3 1/2 hours (and one very smashed finger) to finish, but I did it! Jay only helped once and it was because he insisted on tightening some of my screws. (For some reason, that last statement sounds dirty - it isn't supposed to be).

So here are some concluding pictures:

 Jay and Chango observing the mess of our office before the desks.

 And the "finished" project. I have that word in parenthesis because we are far from finished, but this shows both of the desks put together.

 The view from the other side of the room.

Paint will be the next step in this room. It is all very beige, but that will be a project for another day.