Ok after all the shelving was finished time to work on the storage unit for the floor. Here are some photos of the piece created. along with the whole finished area after everything was finished and put in place.
Finally getting to throw out the garbage big box store entertainment system we lived with for way to long! This is the before shot for the room: Here are some shots of during and after the first 7 shelves where created. This project only required 2 sheets of 1/2″ birch plywood, wood glue and a […]
Another gloomy day so being bored and not wanting to watch TV, I had a idea to give leaf carving a try. Here is my first attempt to carve a oak leaf into the handle of a oak wooden spoon.
I wanted to test out making a small basic shelving unit. Before tackling a larger entertainment system. Having a bunch of very old scrapes of some softwood planks that have been laying around for decades I decided to finally use them for this project.
Needed a lamp that would be nice ambient light for our deck. Having some seasoned pressure treated lumber scraps from a pool deck project that I helped a friend with was the perfect opportunity to use these scrapes. One lamp was created to sit on deck post, and one lamp was made to be post […]
Had two ax heads from last season that where laying around that got broken. Now having a nice piece of seasoned cedar branch I figured I would see how it would work for these. Not investing much time in these a couple hours later now have two functional hatchets again.
The photo says it all, this is a great way to use a scrape piece of wood to make our common small tools a reach away. Use your imagination and you can find a lot of ways to use this idea.
Working on bringing some primal woodworking to my living room with a entertainment system I am currently designing. Needed a couple accent pieces for the blank areas on the one wall and wanted to bring this old world Japanese design into the mix. I always liked these old oriental woodworking design so after finding a […]
When your daughter comes up to you and says “can you make me a spoon like this one daddy?” Pretty hard to say no, so a wooden replica of the spoon she was holding while eating her cereal came to life!
Most people would look at these chucks of scrap lumber and see garbage. John and I see many opportunities. John was very kind to send me some of his own personal wood stock from Vermont. Who’s John? John has been a great client for many years and we recently realized we are two of the […]