Name that Color

 In the end, instead of painting it,
we decided to gently sand the entire desk

and to strip and stain the top to match the distressed patches.

A couple of coats of wax and some intense buffing
 produced a beautiful result.

The color?  My wife calls it "Moody Blue".

Always Something

Soft Grey Sofa Tables

 I took apart a vintage table, carefully salvaging its parts,

 and created two sofa tables!

 They will find new homes soon...

my wife is SURE of it!

Finished

Gun Cabinet Conversion

The ad said  "gun cabinet".

My wife saw "book shelf".

Getting ready for paint!

Custom-Made

 This one, custom-made.

34" high (a little taller than normal).

Hot Commodity

Pleased with the way this turned out.

It sold within 10 minutes of being listed on a local

Facebook garage sale site.

It's a Start

 Found curbside!  We loaded it while in our Sunday clothes

and drove carefully about a block to our house to unload it.

It is missing a drawer, so I'm going to construct a shelf in the spot.

I'll use the middle pull on the bottom drawer 

and replace it with a wooden knob before painting.

 Finished.

Similar but Different

 Though very much like the one shown finished in the prior post,

I had to construct legs for this one.

I need to fill in the gap  inside the leg seen below....

 ...and here is the outside of a leg.  I've filled in the crack.

It will be painted so all I had to do was sand it smooth.

The Latest

 Encouraged by the quick sale of two other sofa tables,

and eager to use up some spare furniture parts (table legs, in this case)

and scrap lumber, I set about to construct yet another table.

 Above: fastening boards for the bottom shelf.

Here, the finished piece which sold within hours of being listed!

More Finished Projects!

 Above:  The "fraternal twin" to the one in prior post....

 and this petite drum table,

 in kind of ratty condition.

 Definitely a diamond in the rough!

Looking GREAT after 2 coats of paint & then waxed smooth

with dark wax!

Finish and Start-Up

 After the way THIS one turned out

(fashioned from a free round table),

I decided to use the other half-round as a topper for a gate-leg frame

that has been sitting in our garage for a l-o-n-g time.

 I removed the gate-legs and set about to fill the holes

they folded into....

 Below, patch in place.

Below - the completed patch,

and here, the table top - sanded and ready to stain and attach.

Even Better

Even better than I expected!

Recycle/Reuse

This table top has been sitting in a corner of our garage for awhile.

I sawed off a part of the blue cart to place the table top on.

 This left a small strip which MIGHT be recycled as a sofa table top!

Next step:  Glue and screw the top to the cart.

Finished product expected soon!

Practicing for Retirement

Laying new floor in kitchen

 Here, in no particular order,

Painted bathroom wall

 are a few of the projects 

I worked on with our son and his family.

Hung light in entryway

 I took a week off of work to see how retirement might feel!

Hung fan/light in granddaughter's room

 Not so bad, I think.....

Dining room floor

And the week's not over yet!

Back in the Saddle

Finished!  Shelf to hold miniature baseball helmets.

Made by request for grandson.  

I Modpodged cutouts from the package to the top of the shelf.

Christmas or Birthday Gift?

She's claimed it as her Christmas present or birthday gift.

(Still trying to make up her mind.)

Since they fall on the same day, it doesn't matter to me...