Bodging
We’ve got a whiteboard up in the office with a list on it of all the little jobs we have to do around the house. A day or so ago, one of the items was “Bodge shoe storage”. Now, I find that quite impressive: we’ve only been at this DIY game for a week, and already we’ve progressed to bodging.
Actually, it worked out quite well. We had some drawer units (from Ikea, naturally) that we used to use inside our wardrobes for clothes storage. They were a fairly simple construction, with a wooden frame and slots for plastic bins to use as drawers. We kept one of the drawers at the top for keys, wallets and other ephemera that you need close to the front door, then cut pieces of plywood as shelves to store our shoes. It looks pretty good, but has that crucial, slightly bodged, ‘we made this’, Blue Peter-ish vibe.
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Those not from the UK might find an explanation of the meaning and history of the term 'bodge' helpful.
by Milan @ 13/08/2006 4:09 pm • Permalink •
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Bodging is an essential part of the DIY experience, done sufficiently badly it can lead to a visit from several professional bodgers employed by one of the many television companies that would rather film people in distress than make real programmes!
I understand that some of our strapped for cash lesser Polytechnics; I mean Universities; are to offer courses in "Serial Bodging" alongside their new MBAs in " Bean Counting & Advanced Clipboard Management".
by Jonathan Briggs @ 13/08/2006 6:09 pm • Permalink •
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hey i thought bodgind was a process found mainly in the UK, in which the "bodger" uses a variety of hand tools and a 'pole lathe' to turn a part for furniture e.g. chair leg. the process is usually carried out when the wood is still 'green' i.e. befor the wood has had chance to dry oun
by simon- david @ 19/05/2008 3:57 pm • Permalink •
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