Amber's Projects

 

Our Little Library

 Built entirely out of scraps,

and mounted on an old mailbox post a neighbor was going to burn,

 the post hole was dug,

 the dirt tapped around it,

 and Our Little Library is open for business!

Beginning Again

Finished and Fine

Legs for the Book Shelf

I cut off the bottoms of two ends of this bedstead to form the front lets

of the bookshelf.  I shaped simple back legs from wood scraps.

November Project

A "found" piece of wood became the back of a bookcase

I'm fashioning from lumber on hand.

I'm planning to paint it and fashion some legs for it yet....

Another One

 The first stain applied left the top of the piece dull.

 I sanded it and simply applied a poly finish.

 Lots of distress marks, but these add character!

In the end, quite a handsome piece

if I say so myself!

In Progress

 

All salvaged materials combined to

be a 5' long sofa table.

Plan is to stain the top and paint the rest black.

Better than She Expected

 After much scraping and contemplation about whether or not to keep

 the doors unpainted to "remember" the cabinet's past lives,

 we decided to paint it white.

The project turned out 

better than she expected!

Three to Go

 After fashioning the kitchen island/standing work station

from butcher block top to frame

made from bed frames found curbside,

I moved to finishing the particle board cabinet

 housing the working stereo that we snagged for "Free"!

 We went with a safe and sophisticated black paint, leaving the legs their original color.

 Now working on this great, old cabinet that had sat in back

of a garage for many, many years.  

It has great storage inside and my wife is thinking it belongs

along the back of our kitchen's island.

It's going to be a beauty!

One Little Chest

 Filled in a corner that had been damaged;

created some legs to give the little stand some height;

 

 attached them and then

painted it and moved it inside!

From This to This

Found this desk covered with maps and without legs

lying on the roadside.

Turned out quite well!

Our grandson will sit at it for his homeschooling year next year.

How It Turned Out

First Coat

This is going to be One. Good-Looking. Piece.

He's GOT This!

S'not "real" wood and the condition was poor.

In fact, two drawer fronts are beyond repair.

BUT....

the price was right (free)

and already work has begun to create a shelf for the top opening.

I (his wife) am excited to see this heavy, sturdy piece painted white!

He's GOT this!

Paint Job

After replacing some damaged carpet with a grey-toned remnant,

the blue hue in what we thought we meant to be a grey wall

was incompatible with it.  A trip to Sherman Williams paint store remedied

our dilemma.   My 90-year-old father-in-law and I went straight to work.

My wife is pleased with the new color.

Necessary Storage

This desk came to us - free!

It was missing one of the pieces between the two drawers on one side.

I constructed matching pieces to fill in the hole,

matched the stain,

and decided to leave the natural wood finish

 as opposed to our original plan

to paint it.

We also abandoned our original plan to sell it.

Wife placed it in one of our bathrooms 

where it functions well as a necessary storage piece.