Changing the wood one shaving at a time ;0)
Somehow I didn’t count right when ordering dowels for the Climbing Wall and ended up with seven extra. As I was researching how to make the Swedish Ladder portion for B I kept running across these mini triangle climbing ladders for toddlers. It looked easy enough so I made one for my twin nieces that… Continue reading Climbing Ladder for Toddlers
This is the second project I built for my nieces last month. B’s Swedish Ladder can be seen here. L’s loft shares the same wall in the opposite room and was quite the puzzle to figure out. As I was cutting dado after dado into the beams I kept hoping that I had in face… Continue reading Loft Above Bed for L
My 9 year old has a favorite stuffed wolf named Wolfie. She wanted to make her a bed for Christmas and made sure I took her out to the shop to do it. Note: there are no pictures of Wolfie in his bed yet because she cannot see it before Christmas!! Kaylee and the finished… Continue reading Kaylee’s Wolf Bed
Not long after Mary came out to build her Tool box Cora wandered out to the shop and wanted to build something too. Her idea was a little different though ;0). She wanted a box with a hinged lid. I always save the hinges when I take them off things...but the kids are gaining on… Continue reading Cora’s Boks
I think it was last September or October I went to Home Depot and spent an hour trying to find the best quarter sawn 2x10’s I could in the rack thinking I would be whipping out my very own portable Moravian bench in short order...not so much, I’m still working on it. Last month sometime… Continue reading Mary’s Toolbox
Keeping up with Wesley’s projects can be a full time job :0)
My three youngest girls have been pestering me for desks for quite some time now.
We lived with my grandparents when I was little and I have many memories of helping Grandpa with various projects. One that stands out in my mind today was putting a vent in the peak of a shed. I know my older brother was with us, and I don’t remember who got sent up the… Continue reading Best Power Tools for Kids
My son likes to come out to the shop with me and build things. Yesterday as I was trying to work on my display case/work bench project he came up with the idea to make a treasure chest. Wesley’s treasure chest. It’s always hard for me when the kids want to be in the shop.… Continue reading Let the kids build
Girl with a Hand Plane 