With plenty of scrap wood, a box full of screws, and an idea in Bridget’s head, I quickly got to work on the compost bin. To be fair, I tried to use wood that was not painted, not OSB (wood-chips glued together), and not treated since the structure would be housing our compost bin. So I was feeling Handy Smurfy, and so I grabbed a pencil and tried to figure out my plans. I tried to do a little more planning than usual. Instead of not reading directions, I tried to write some out.
Well with my half-ass blue prints, I had enough there to start. 
First things first, I cut some old posts that we’re going to be my compost legs. (I think these posts came from Bridget’s renter… or our old fence. Who knows?) Either way, I wanted to have two separate bins in one box. Plus my goal was to make this as aerated as possible. When I initially started I even cared about everything being level. This quickly changed after I realized that the floor I was working on was not flat.
I built myself a full frame of the bin. The bin was separated into two sections, so we could compost two different piles. The bin was also going to have a front door and a top door. 
The top door allowed us to dump the compost in. The front door allowed us to grab the compost we needed for garden.
With a chop saw and measuring tape, I was able to frame a simple box together. I had the skeleton of my compost bin built. I grabbed chicken wire and dove into the inside to build my walls. This was frustrating since the chicken wire wouldn
‘t do exactly what I wanted, and I didn’t have much room for error: I bought exactly enough. In fact, I had to nail another 2×4 to the bin, so my chicken wire would stretch from one side to another.
With the chicken wire stapled in, I added the doors, the handles, and the locks. And now, I think we’re ready to compost if I can ever get the lawn mower fixed.
All together, we only used scrap wood we had lying around. And my Home Depot trip cost me less than $50 for the chicken wire, hinges, and staples. More to come on how the composting actually goes.