Bartender – make mine a double!
I can’t afford to put my gas heating on but thanks to the Chancellor, I can now guzzle as much prosecco as I fancy thanks to new reduced booze taxes. Of course, you’d be a sucker to believe that pubs will pass on these tax changes in the form of lower drink prices. They’ll do what the petrol retailers do when the fuel levy is frozen and wholesale prices drop, keep the price at the pumps the same then pocket the difference. Bottom’s up suckers!
A
few sherbets later, it’s time to turn our fuzzy thoughts again to the task of
upcycling cocktail cabinets though I must confess that the cabinet’s contents
are far more appealing than the article itself.
Hic!
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| Time to finish off this cabinet |
Finding a supplier of clear Perspex cut to a specific size has been as difficult as finding a politician that doesn’t waffle or stumbling across a discarded winning Euro millions ticket on the pavement but as luck would have it, Ebay has once again come up trumps and pointed me to a company called DisplayPro.
DisplayPro were quite happy to supply 2mm thick Perspex cut to whatever size I fancied for just under £13 (delivered) but then the technical science evaporated along with the cherry liqueur. How do you figure out how much Perspex to buy to fit inside your door panel? And this is where it’s all about as certain as a turn on ‘spin the bottle’.
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| Repairing the door won't be easy |
You’d think it would just be a case of whipping out a tape measure but with domed shaped doors manufactured closer to the start of the century than I was, it’s harder than you think to arrive at a precise measurement. Imperial or metric measurements? In the end, I just used a piece of paper slotted into the side grooves to determine the width and did my best with the length.
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| How is the perspex panel going to fit in there? |
Slotting fake glass into place is an art in itself. As you can imagine, there’s not much give in either plastic or glass and 2mm is not really all that thick. Too much pressure whilst easing the panel into the gap and there goes £13 down the drain. Softly, softly catchy monkey. The air was blue as the other half tried to gingerly position the Perspex in place whilst fending off a rather rambunctious tortoise at the same time.
Glass panel on door repaired 
Stained and varnished batten stuck into position
Ta
da! Perspex in place, the missing decorative
batten I made earlier is superglued into position on the door for the final finishing
touch.
Plenty of room for Southern Comfort
Wow,
I can’t believe how smart our new upcycled cocktail cabinet looks. It’s certainly added a nice retro touch to
our derelict lounge.
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| Fits perfectly behind the door |
Right, who’s up for some vodka shots?
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