Building stuff

My friend who I helped move a couple of weeks ago needed some more space in her place. Shelves to the rescue!The interesting thing with anything associated with construction is that the concept of "right angle" is a completely foreign notion in real life. While there are things that look square, in the real world almost nothing is actually correct.Like I wrote a long while back, you cut something so it fits in the space available. You move things around until they look right. Good enough really is good enough.In this case the shelves are level, and they are mostly the same height as their opposing partner. But not quite. Because it wouldn't have worked right.Scribe a line. Make a cut. Repeat. Drill a hole... don't find the stud where you expect it? Drill a different hole in a slightly different direction... you can't tell the direction by looking at it. Need to mount a wall anchor? Don't measure where it should be, use the piece you're working on as the jig -- mark where the hole should be using the thing you're mounting. Then put the hole there. You don't need to know where the screw goes except that it's in the right place.Good enough is good enough.And there's a lot to be said about adding a bit of paint to cover oopsies. :-)