ALRIGHT. So today, we came up with even more designs, fiddled with some new ideas, and basically ended up doing what we were going to do in the first place. Basically, we are building a giant easel for this lattice, and resting it on the easel structure. We tried to go cheap and light, but with the time we have, we don't know what to come up with! So we are going with our original plan of using 2 x 4. My dad (who is AMAZING) came from Stoney Creek to help us out. We were able to figure out a way to construct this easel so that we can take it apart no problem. The final easel will be 4ft wide x 5ft tall (roughly) so that transporting will be easy. We will have A-frames as the side supports, a cross bar at the top, 2 inside ledges for a shelf (hello fluorescent!) and cross pieces on the sides of the A-frames for added support. This all means nothing without a diagram:
Jenna finished backing the lattice with tracing paper so it will diffuse the light. That definitely took longer than expected.
So tomorrow we build. I know I said that... 2 days ago? But this is for real. SERIOUSLY. We have everything we need... no excuses.
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