Hey folks, I’ve been wanting to build a Little Free Library to stick on my fence for a few months, but haven’t found [OK, I haven’t exactly looked very hard…] a ready-made cabinet to repurpose.
Then, in conversation with another member about ways to try to increase meatspace engagement, we figured this might be a good way to do it. Get two birds stoned at once!
TODO:
Some design inspiration:
There are a few in our neighbourhood in New Westminster and also 2 in the community of Lac Le Jeune which we frequent. We love the concept of them and try to take care of the ones at Lac Le Jeune.
A retired friend of ours built one and started with the glass and hinges from an old TV entertainment unit and built it around that.
We could bolt together a bunch of the AED cabinets and put a proper roof on em.
Imagine you’re on the street in a sudden need of an AED, when you notice a whole stack of them on the corner! Only to find them filled with children’s books…
You mean you weren’t looking for the Autonomous Education Dispensers?
Seriously though, a coat of paint, a shelf inside, fill the holes in the back and a roof. They are pretty ideal.
Yeah the AED labels are just vinyl letters. Most of them have had the labels scraped off already