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How to Upgrade Your Cubicle (and Your Career)
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Shopping List
Supplies You Will Need
1. 1x4s for rafters, ridge beams, and collar ties
2. ¼-inch plywood for roof sheathing
3. Molded pre-hung door
4. Door lockset
5. Door knocker
6. Shims7. Wood saddle
8. Urethane foam fluted pilasters
9. Urethane foam door pediment
10. 8d ring-shank nails
11. 2-inch screws
12. Paint -
Tools List
Tools You Will Need
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Miter saw
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Hammer
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Drill/driver
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Scribe for marking cope cuts on saddle
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Coping saw
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- 4-6 hrs
- $400
Difficulty: Easy to moderate You'll need to do some noisy construction without incurring the boss's wrath
In architectural terms, the cubicle is the tract home of today's cookie-cutter office complex. So if you're still plugging away in a Dwight Schrute special as you await that big promotion to senior associate something-or-other, why not live the dream by dignifying it with some classic architectural lift? Doing so might cause Mr. Corner Office over there to wonder what the young go-getter in the Colonial Revival cubicle is all about. Keep clicking as our own working-cube hero, Senior Technical Editor Mark Powers, shows you how to dress your polyester-lined pad for success.
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