10: Narrowboat DIY - Making an Ottoman Bed as a COMPLETE DIY NOVICE!

My dad came up from Birmingham to help for a couple of days, and we spent many hours building this ottoman bed after Hefty taught me how to do the framework in the last vlog.
This vlog is a lot of me waffling away, making mistakes and almighty do-nots of narrowboat DIY but also contains some satisfying results!
Probably not perfection, but having a bed that I can easily lift makes my life so much easier since I have a bad back from a double-spinal fracture mountain fall a few years ago. Gaz and I are easily pleased, so I'm very happy with these few days of work!
We are Ash and Gaz, two self-employed performers living on our narrowboat while we do an (almost) complete DIY overhaul. We also write and play music as Butterfly Moon.
We hope you enjoy our journey!
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Ash Socials:
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Gaz Socials:
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[@petergoodman8378]

For someone who confesses to not knowing what she’s doing you’ve made a really good job of that. You should be proud of yourself. Bostin, ar kid!🐨

[@butterflymoonmusic]

Thanks cousin! 😁😁😁

[@petergoodman8378]

@@butterflymoonmusic 😊

[@BellaTrix0707]

I recommend to everyone these books: Boatowners Mechanical and Electrical Manual (4th Edition or newer) by Calder The 12 volt Bible for boats by Brotherton (used only cause its an old book) The Narrowboaters Builders Book (3rd Edition or newer) by Waterways These books will not only help you but make your life much easier. Just stumbled across your channel.. deffo not family hahaha. Good luck on your build.

[@butterflymoonmusic]

That's wonderful, thanks for the recommendations!

[@shirleygreaves9650]

Just found you and I’m going to binge watch your earlier videos. Great work done in this vlog, looking fabulous. X

[@peterwainwright2277]

Hi thanks for the shoutout 😂it’s coming on,Pete on love me do

[@butterflymoonmusic]

Haha! This shows how slow I am at editing vlogs doesn’t it 🤣 It’s getting there Pete! Though I’m currently still living in a chaotic mass of wood and tools 😝 But it’s nice to be in the building stage of things now. I’ve bought a neon green paint for the outside, although I imagine that’ll happen next year at this rate haha!

[@morphergaming0531]

Beginner tip, my dear please cover your video monitor so your looking into the lens and talking to us. Felt like I was eavesdropping on your conversation with someone next to me 😉

[@butterflymoonmusic]

Haha - I take it you’re not into eavesdropping then 🤣 Thanks, I’ll try and remember this. To be fair, I’d like to try and do less waffling to the camera anyway!

[@sianwarwick633]

Great how good the bed looks. I'll keep in this mind gor any future projects. I would have had issues with the damn hinge, and pushing through the difficulties to get the job done. You are right - we all have different skills for the job that needs doing. I think i had been looking at a lot of DIY stuff online, instead of doing my own DIY. I will post a video with my bicycle issues on my channel. Not sure if that's an issue

[@butterflymoonmusic]

@@sianwarwick633 I agree that I’m quite scatterbrained but I definitely wouldn’t put all women into the same category. I know and learn from a lot of formidable women - I’m just a complete novice because I’ve never done it before, and that’s also okay. Everyone starts somewhere. Thanks for feedback on the edits - I’m still getting the hang of it so it’ll hopefully be a bit more slick with less time spent on showing mistakes in the future.

[@sianwarwick633]

@@butterflymoonmusic I gotta say, I'm no good at editing

[@butterflymoonmusic]

@@sianwarwick633 It's all a journey and it's nice to try and learn. Yes, that'd be great to post about your bicycle issues. Does it seem like a complicated fix?

[@GaryThomsonJoinery]

Yes and well done for giving it a go, you did a good job, 👍🔨📐😀

[@GaryThomsonJoinery]

Subbed so I can see you how you guys are getting on 😁

[@butterflymoonmusic]

Thanks! I've given up on editing for a bit, but am storing up videos so the next one will probably be out in a couple of months. It's slow progress but fun figuring it all out! Trying to think of clever ways to put our musical instruments on the walls now. Thinking maybe a fold up keyboard shelf under the gunwales. Anyway, will keep you posted via videos!