Current 'Projects'

I've been quite bad at finishing things lately, which mean I've currently got several projects in various stages of completion.  I'd like to say I'm listing them here so that your kind words of encouragment might spur me to focus on a project, in thruth though, it's more so I can keep track.

DIY:

• Shelves.  To be fair this is the project most close to completion.  I bought ten Fabian shelves from ikea at £3.50 a pop and so far three have been put up in our lounge and four in the bedroom.  What remains is to finish painting the lounge shelves and consider putting up the final three (one or two in each of bathroom and kitchen).  That said I've also got some rails and hooks and things which need to be put up, and I want a spice rack.
• Shoe Pockets.  Okay, so not really a project but it is (almost) completed so I wanted to include it here.  Nothing more complicated that buying and fitting some of these canvas shoe holders from argos.  Described by some as "space saving simplicity", I'm inclined to agree.  Of course I couldn't make it too simple for myself, so instead of using the supplied hooks (which were designed for a proper door rathet than our thin cupboard doors), I went for hot gluing it to the back of the cupboard which is partly glass.  it may sound a bit drastic but a quick test showed it could probably come off.  Sadly I was right and it hasn't stuck at all well to the glass.  Next plan is to modify some picture hook to work as clips to hold it in place (doesn't need to take much weight).  Failing that it'll be bulldog clips, perhaps some red ones off ebay.
• Shoe Chest. I'm not obsessed, but shoe storage can be a bit of problem around here and could do with a good solution.  To that end I have procured three Rast drawer chests, again from ikea, with the intention of combining them into one uber shoe storage solution.  The problem we have is a built in wardrobe that is three foot deep, so the plan is to attach all units, front to back, and fix all drawers together so that pulling out one drawer pulls out all three.  There may be some small technical hurdles to overcome (I can already forsee the use of my saw) but I'm convinced the final result will be worth it. 

I had intended a brief description of all projects, but I'll just have to leave you in suspence with the electronics as I'm running low on time.

Electronics:

• Altoids Dialable Mood Lighting
• Coat Hanger LED Lamp
• Arduino GPS blinds

Hopefully the more interesting of the above will get their own blog posts, with photos and everything!