Not woodworking books but woodwork and books. Today has mainly been about tidying up the house after Christmas. We’ve been putting things like the last of the spare beds back up in the loft and getting other bits and pieces down. In the latter category were some IKEA wardrobe drawers that came with some of the furniture we found and disassembled when we moved in and which, after the best part of five years, I am fairly sure I am not going to use again for their original purpose.

I’ve used a couple of them to expand the space behind where my (music) keyboard and (computer) monitor sit in my studio room. Those are fairly undamaged but a third one has been cannibalised to make a riser to support the back of the keyboard.

If I keep this layout, I’ll need to do a bit more woodworking. For now though I’ve pressed in some books I’m unlikely to want to refer to any time soon to create a temporary additional riser to support the monitor. Arguably that isn’t the best use of books but they do serve well as a stand in and I’ll be happy to find a more suitable wood derivative to take their place if I stick with the way things are set up.