tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36312617134280098722024-03-13T20:35:28.516-07:00Working WondersA Chronicle of my Projects - Rescuing and Restoring Furniture, Dollhouses, Yard Art and other MiscellanyGaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09103467013088538819noreply@blogger.comBlogger262125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3631261713428009872.post-12871861796346108342021-05-31T08:48:00.009-07:002021-05-31T08:52:24.445-07:00Amber's Projects<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-V04dew5RimE/YLUGMiAro8I/AAAAAAABj4I/kUuD83_7GVwbb7ih0-nm5dzyyK1jlG5FgCPcBGAsYHg/s4032/received_282121100277835.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-V04dew5RimE/YLUGMiAro8I/AAAAAAABj4I/kUuD83_7GVwbb7ih0-nm5dzyyK1jlG5FgCPcBGAsYHg/s320/received_282121100277835.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JssoC_JxbUg/YLUFLtQ4spI/AAAAAAABj38/GBfNhwQ_3UsQnvHtKzx1kHJ_HHRO90WhQCPcBGAsYHg/s4032/received_254196686503271.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JssoC_JxbUg/YLUFLtQ4spI/AAAAAAABj38/GBfNhwQ_3UsQnvHtKzx1kHJ_HHRO90WhQCPcBGAsYHg/w400-h300/received_254196686503271.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Q-zRZVxgrC4/YLUFLvzt1jI/AAAAAAABj38/ra2zodw8YygtKt8pAiwOedq13xxuvGxmACPcBGAsYHg/s3840/PXL_20210531_152037980.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3840" data-original-width="2160" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Q-zRZVxgrC4/YLUFLvzt1jI/AAAAAAABj38/ra2zodw8YygtKt8pAiwOedq13xxuvGxmACPcBGAsYHg/w225-h400/PXL_20210531_152037980.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kn2Oect7pcc/YLUFLuu992I/AAAAAAABj38/O_8DTgYNd18ertqtZVJ6rNMMNAHyYc2xgCPcBGAsYHg/s4032/received_379277163501195.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kn2Oect7pcc/YLUFLuu992I/AAAAAAABj38/O_8DTgYNd18ertqtZVJ6rNMMNAHyYc2xgCPcBGAsYHg/w300-h400/received_379277163501195.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XE9f1fNfpoM/YLUFLtZsbYI/AAAAAAABj38/IgRsrWHxhO4JUVG6Dkx-GppQ0FBmx3OSgCPcBGAsYHg/s4032/received_234904037980145.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XE9f1fNfpoM/YLUFLtZsbYI/AAAAAAABj38/IgRsrWHxhO4JUVG6Dkx-GppQ0FBmx3OSgCPcBGAsYHg/w400-h300/received_234904037980145.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XiOOKmmGjYs/YLUFLjJdbUI/AAAAAAABj38/0oTaRAd6wx4BVbhx-u1murAWj0fcJ6BowCPcBGAsYHg/s4032/received_492210355333434.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XiOOKmmGjYs/YLUFLjJdbUI/AAAAAAABj38/0oTaRAd6wx4BVbhx-u1murAWj0fcJ6BowCPcBGAsYHg/w400-h300/received_492210355333434.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08740950362293427086noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3631261713428009872.post-71054897876250311472020-05-16T17:51:00.003-07:002020-05-16T17:53:46.121-07:00Our Little Library<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Built entirely out of scraps,</div>
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and mounted on an old mailbox post a neighbor was going to burn,</div>
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the post hole was dug,</div>
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the dirt tapped around it,</div>
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and Our Little Library is open for business!</div>
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I cut off the bottoms of two ends of this bedstead to form the front lets</div>
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of the bookshelf. I shaped simple back legs from wood scraps.</div>
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A "found" piece of wood became the back of a bookcase</div>
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I'm fashioning from lumber on hand.</div>
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I'm planning to paint it and fashion some legs for it yet....</div>
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The first stain applied left the top of the piece dull.</div>
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I sanded it and simply applied a poly finish.</div>
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Lots of distress marks, but these add character!</div>
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In the end, quite a handsome piece</div>
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if I say so myself!</div>
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be a 5' long sofa table.</div>
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the doors unpainted to "remember" the cabinet's past lives,</div>
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we decided to paint it white.</div>
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The project turned out </div>
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better than she expected!</div>
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After fashioning the kitchen island/standing work station</div>
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made from bed frames found curbside,</div>
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I moved to finishing the particle board cabinet</div>
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housing the working stereo that we snagged for "Free"!</div>
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We went with a safe and sophisticated black paint, leaving the legs their original color.</div>
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Now working on this great, old cabinet that had sat in back</div>
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It has great storage inside and my wife is thinking it belongs</div>
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along the back of our kitchen's island.</div>
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It's going to be a beauty!</div>
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Filled in a corner that had been damaged;</div>
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created some legs to give the little stand some height;</div>
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attached them and then</div>
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painted it and moved it inside!</div>
Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08740950362293427086noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3631261713428009872.post-27659572871038838452017-06-28T13:28:00.000-07:002017-06-28T13:28:30.879-07:00From This to This<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Found this desk covered with maps and without legs</div>
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lying on the roadside.</div>
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Turned out quite well!</div>
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Our grandson will sit at it for his homeschooling year next year. </div>
Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08740950362293427086noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3631261713428009872.post-91660544195700167162017-01-25T12:10:00.003-08:002017-01-25T12:10:59.869-08:00How It Turned Out<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is going to be One. Good-Looking. Piece.</div>
Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08740950362293427086noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3631261713428009872.post-45918830651942397392017-01-04T13:20:00.000-08:002017-01-09T17:12:14.272-08:00He's GOT This!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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S'not "real" wood and the condition was poor.</div>
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In fact, two drawer fronts are beyond repair.</div>
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BUT....</div>
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the price was right (free)</div>
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and already work has begun to create a shelf for the top opening.</div>
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I (his wife) am excited to see this heavy, sturdy piece painted white!</div>
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He's GOT this!</div>
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After replacing some damaged carpet with a grey-toned remnant,</div>
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the blue hue in what we thought we meant to be a grey wall</div>
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was incompatible with it. A trip to Sherman Williams paint store remedied</div>
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our dilemma. My 90-year-old father-in-law and I went straight to work.</div>
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My wife is pleased with the new color.</div>
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This desk came to us - free!</div>
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It was missing one of the pieces between the two drawers on one side.</div>
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I constructed matching pieces to fill in the hole,</div>
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matched the stain,</div>
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and decided to leave the natural wood finish</div>
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as opposed to our original plan</div>
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to paint it.</div>
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We also abandoned our original plan to sell it.</div>
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Wife placed it in one of our bathrooms </div>
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where it functions well as a necessary storage piece.</div>
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Not sure what this piece was from or where we got it.</div>
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I DO remember paying $1 for it..</div>
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I removed the middle panel and will figure out a way to use it in another project.<br />
Repairs were made and the piece sanded. </div>
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The mirror for the opening has been purchased.</div>
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And we decided to stain it dark rather than paint it.</div>
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My wife has a place in mind for this unique and rustic piece.</div>
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(I'll be rubbing a polyurethane finish on it after the stain has dried.)</div>
Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08740950362293427086noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3631261713428009872.post-65907850335613106222016-10-01T06:51:00.001-07:002016-10-01T06:51:35.300-07:00Custom-Fit<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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An extra table leaf + the base of an old patio table</div>
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spray painted black and attached to the top</div>
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with conduit clamps</div>
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equals a table custom-fit to a space on our stairway landing.</div>
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(My wife wants to state for the record that she has "edited"</div>
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the display significantly since this photo was taken.)</div>
Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08740950362293427086noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3631261713428009872.post-64543596960581832462016-09-27T04:13:00.000-07:002016-09-27T04:14:09.120-07:00Ready and Waiting<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Ready and waiting.</div>
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Completely "reborn" for a specific purpose--</div>
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to provide a place for my father-in-law's small television</div>
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in the corner of our kitchen.....</div>
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The other shelves will be used to house games </div>
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we frequently play at the table</div>
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and music books my wife uses at the keyboard </div>
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which fits snugly beside the shelf unit.</div>
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I'm on to another interesting project!</div>
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Stay tuned. </div>
Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08740950362293427086noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3631261713428009872.post-80395136977642685502016-09-21T02:55:00.001-07:002016-09-21T02:55:39.060-07:00Another Life<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This shelving unit is about to live yet ANOTHER "life"!</div>
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Most recently relegated to an obscure spot in an outbuilding,</div>
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it was brought indoors to be remodeled and used as a TV stand</div>
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(small TV in the dining area of our kitchen).</div>
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It needed a little extra height, so my first task</div>
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was to fashion legs for it.</div>
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Here it stands, complete with a piece of trim above the legs -</div>
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barely visible in the photo.</div>
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A good sanding and paint job are all that remain</div>
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before it is put to use!</div>
Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08740950362293427086noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3631261713428009872.post-89745846789559739392016-09-14T16:09:00.000-07:002016-09-14T16:09:14.362-07:00Creating Corner Guards<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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When we couldn't find corner guards in our local lumber or big box stores</div>
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and the price on the internet ranged between $30-$50,</div>
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we decided to get creative.</div>
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I purchased 8' corner pieces of trim,</div>
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trimmed them to size,</div>
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and set to work (tedious, delicate work) forming caps from a scrap piece of trim I had.</div>
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I glued the caps to the top of the guard piece.</div>
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The result was quite fine!</div>
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A savings for sure.</div>
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New life for old chairs.</div>
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3 coats of homemade chalk paint,</div>
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sanding, wax & buff.</div>
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New drawer constructed, complete with grooves to match those on the door.</div>
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The center door also sports a glass panel now...</div>
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Trim pieces were applied to the bottom of each side</div>
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to cover some damage.</div>
Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08740950362293427086noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3631261713428009872.post-53385557456615068812016-07-04T08:03:00.001-07:002016-07-04T08:04:14.547-07:00Celebrating the 4th<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I celebrated the Fourth of July 2016 in the garage.</div>
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Cool and cloudy weather was just right</div>
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for beginning to fashion a replacement front for one of the small drawers </div>
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and a "pull" for it as well.</div>
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I'll also repair the bottom of one of the sides that has some damage on it.</div>
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The top middle door is missing its glass...</div>
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Plans are currently to paint the piece when it's finished.</div>
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