Changing the wood one shaving at a time ;0)
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
This whole desk adventure started with the twins, Mary and Cora. I had decided to build a wall to separate what was their room with the TV area in the basement and build a large corner desk unit for them to share. I had drawn the plans, bought the plywood, cut the plywood...and then Cora… Continue reading Mary & Cora’s Christmas Desks
Keeping kids organized is a full time job ;0). With so many moves and furniture never fitting the same in the new house, it’s been easy to put off making/buying furniture for each kid that wasn’t temporary in nature. The basement still needs some updating...I keep putting it off in hopes we will be able… Continue reading Wesley’s Christmas Desk
All the pieces to the Adirondack chair I started on in late June have been taking up space on one work surface or another for months. After all, this was the project that sent me to the ER back in July and I found plenty of other things to work on. Now that it’s colder,… Continue reading Peace with the Router Table
My grandma who is 93 has a cedar chest my mom is going to use in her quilt shop. Back in the day if you really liked a girl, you gave her a cedar chest. Her sister was given two and didn’t need both, so gave this one to Grandma. She must have been popular… Continue reading Grandma’s Cedar Chest
This show case was manufactured between 1901 and 1926.
I was given this display case a little over a week ago with the hope it would be useful out in the shop. We’re not sure the exact age on it, but it could be up to about 100 years old. It seems like you’re never “done” getting the shop set up and this beauty… Continue reading Display Case Restoration
Raised stencils on beds, dressers and a desk.
Refinished dresser using chalk paint and old English maps.
Girl with a Hand Plane 