Jason and I started our entertainment center this weekend. We don't know what we are doing. I have never built anything in my life. But I'm having fun. I used my circular saw for the first time. For some reason I thought it would be easier to cut a straight line. (I need a table saw.) No one got hurt. Back up a bit to Lowe's. We chose some plywood that was 15/32 inches thinck (about a half inch). My plan was to use L brackets for the shleves but we couldn't find any way to get screws that would be strong enough but short enough to not go through the outside of the wood. So we decided to use square dowel rods to make sort of a bar under the shelves. We did a lot of work cutting the rods up and sanding them. We put one screw in and it split. Just what I had feared (though it seemed like a great idea at the time). So we decided to just drive screws through the outside into the shelves on the inside. But the screws we had were too short so I had to make the inevitable second trip to Lowe's. Also, my drill bits are meager because I keep breaking them. The bit we were using for the pilot holes was not sharp so it was tiring. We (meaning me) kept laughing so hard because we kept screwing up and the shelving we were working on was so ugly. Everytime we'd mess up, we'd say we will just hide that part. Maybe we'll keep it in the closet or something. Jason was hilarious. Feeling retarded became hilarious after awhile. We decide just to do the middle section today. We used a lot of wood filler on our mistakes and over the screws. Sometime this week I will sand that and then stain it. It may turn out decent after all. But like Jason said, we may have to get rid of it when we try to sell the house. But we will keep it forever...in the basement. Then we will give it to Abby.