Six Boxes and Two Bits

Remember these boxes from a while ago?

Well. The other day I was talking to Dad, and mentioned that I wanted to hang these up on my wall. He said that he had New Year's day off, and that he could help me hang them up.

Bright and early this New Year's morning, that's exactly what we did. :D

So basically, I drilled the holes in the boxes (most of them, anyway), Dad made the boxes level and attached them to the walls. My walls are plaster and lathe as opposed to drywall, so that made them easier to drill in. Or something. I am woefully un-knowledgeable about building and attaching things. 

We staggered the boxes and left 6" between them so the explosives labels can still be seen. 

Sorry for the funny angles, by the way...my room is shaped like a fat L, and the shelves are in a cubby-like area with three walls and if I stand with my back to the other wall, you can't see all the shelves in one picture. Sigh.

(Yeah, that's my Manvotional book from the Art of Manliness website sitting next to my Hornblower collection. Deal with it. XD)

And the finished product!

All of my large/extra long books are on one of the little bookshelves on the floor, and the upper shelf can hold some more should I need the space. Grammie sent a TON of old books over in a box that I need to go through and decide what to keep...plus I have some classics in the living room. I'm a little afraid to pile the books on too heavily, but for now it looks great and has no sign of giving way.

Now I just hope that I don't move in the near future, because I wouldn't want to have to take these down and re-attach them to a wall somewhere else. Just sayin'. XD

I have two boxes left, and one of them was a lid of some sort because it has the 'Atlas Powder Co.' on the back (top?) and says 'This Side Up'. I think it would look really cool as a little table top or something. But that's another project for another day.

Oh! The title means that we went through two bits drilling holes. They were literally smoking towards the end and the smaller one was pretty well shot. But it worked!