Art Materials

Supplies purchased from Home Depot (total about $60):

four 4'x8' sheets of 3/8" particle board (cut down to 69" by the store)
two 1"x4"x6' boards
two 1"x2"x8' poles
nylon cord (3/8" clothesline)
thin nylon twine
two "KEEP OUT" signs
small can of red paint, and a cheap foam brush

I also picked up a cordless drill and a 1/4" spade bit while I was there, which makes the receipt look more impressive. The drill got broken in on this very project.

There were a couple of other random things picked up along the way ($10 at Fry's Electronics, plus a little at Safeway):

assorted audio cables and connectors
a one-pound tub of gummi worms

We brought along some items my parents or I already had:

large roll of duct tape
masking tape
bundle of small cable ties
empty glass jar (once held pasta sauce)
Accoutrements for Anatomy expanding brain (just drop in water!)
12oz can of Spam(tm)
silly little piezo-electric digital sound recorder (impulse buy at Fry's)
roll of non-slip rubber sheeting ("earthquake mat")
medium-sized speaker
Sun Microphone II
CD player, with Body Count CD loaded
label printer
red gift-wrap ribbon
an old newspaper
nails (little ones and big ones)
miscellaneous tools (notably a hand saw)

Materials acquired on-site:

one large metal cabinet (6' tall, 3' wide, 1.5' deep)
cable organizer (flat, carpeted piece that hooks onto cube wall; cables run behind it)
three boxes of laser printer paper
many (25 or 30) folding cardboard boxes, used for office moves
several empty cardboard boxes of assorted sizes
large, empty metal can (once held "designer popcorn" gift)
blank 8.5x11 paper (for signs)
Sun Ultra workstations with "radio" software installed
one stuffed animal, in the form of a purple shark

Remarkably, we did the whole thing in one take. Multiple trips to the hardware store weren't required.