{"id":2583,"date":"2016-11-21T20:39:10","date_gmt":"2016-11-21T20:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maxkochuncorked.com\/?p=2583"},"modified":"2016-11-21T20:39:10","modified_gmt":"2016-11-21T20:39:10","slug":"thankful-for-custom-shelving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maxkochuncorked.com\/?p=2583","title":{"rendered":"Thankful for Custom Shelving"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thanksgiving. I love it more and more every year. I’m thankful for a lot of things…but, let’s face it, it’s always more fun to assess what I do<\/span> have than what I don’t.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yeah. Thankful for a lotta things. Family. Friends. My pugs. Work. Wine. Good documentaries and horror films. The ocean. Halloween and All Things October.<\/strong><\/p>\n

But today, you gotta permit me to get a little vapid and materialistic here and publicly declare my thankfulness for the custom shelving units we had installed in my office. I must tell you…I’ve never been more organized in my life. EVERYTHING has a place and it’s never been\u00a0that way for me before.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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In the nearly 7 years we’ve lived here in the condo, the custom shelving is only the first serious upgrade we’ve done. Sure, I’d love a hot tub or a fully-wired sound system all through the house, but custom shelves in my workspace were, like, an emergency<\/em>. So we hired a guy named Chris who was very cool and easy to work with. He even loved punk rock and Nitro Circus. I’d blast Black Flag<\/a> for him while he worked and we’d sing the praises of BMX badass Jolene Van Vugt<\/a>\u00a0during a\u00a0break or whatever.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chris did a beautiful job. And I had SO MUCH FUN getting rid of crap and keeping the stuff I knew I could never part with. My wife thinks I’m some kind of mild hoarder or something. I just have a LOT of books and Blu Rays. Okay, and odd artifacts as well.<\/strong><\/p>\n

All of the cabinets have a purpose. For example, this one is specifically for my grab-and-go video making items. I’m shooting a few different little projects as of this writing, so\u00a0getting the gear together is now the least daunting it’s ever been.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Yeah, man, EVERYTHING has a place. It’s good for the brain. All my shit is in order. There’s a really swell energy flow in here now, too. Next up, I gotta figure out what I wanna hang on the walls.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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I even have room for my glo-in-the-dark zombie collection!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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I don’t know where I get the hope these days, but as I wind down the year and enact a plan for 2017, I get excited. Mainly thinking about how my custom shelves (and desk) are going to serve me creatively in the new year.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Oh, and I almost forgot: I am thankful to YOU for reading this nonsense! Have a beautiful Thanksgiving.<\/strong><\/p>\n

WINE PAIRING: On the subject of shelving, I was thinking of a\u00a0rockin’ “top shelf” title to suggest for your table this Thursday. And then I got curious and typed “Top Shelf Winery” and look what I found: TopShelf Winery <\/a>in British Columbia! Wines dedicated to HOCKEY lovers. Listen, I’m no sport-o but I was\u00a0instantly intrigued…<\/strong><\/p>\n

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