A Scarlett O'Hara Kind of Project

You might remember these doors

that came off this cabinet

that became this cabinet?

Well. They were just cluttering up the garage. It was time to either throw them away or do something with them.

(Wouldn't it be funny if I just said I threw them away and ended this post? OK. Maybe not. But I'm still kind of snickering.)

So I took out those plastic inserts, painted the doors, stapled some chicken wire inside the doors, 

hinged them together,

and made this. 

Sounds simple, right?

No.

The chicken wire came from the float, so it was  a little bent out of shape. By the time I was done stapling it, so was I. Bent out of shape, I mean. And covered with scratches.

Seriously, I kind of wish I'd used hardware cloth. It would have gone on nicer. But, I had the chicken wire so I used it. Also, I really needed 4 hands for this. Or maybe 6. Having only the two, I got a little frustrated. 

(As God is my witness, I will NEVER work with chicken wire again!)
Hence the lack of pictures of my work as I went along. I was too busy being disgruntled.

I made little hooks out of fencing wire. That part was fun.

I don't have everything hanging on it yet, but you get the idea. 

Have you ever worked with chicken wire? Do you despise it too?

Thanks for reading!