9 months ago
Friday, January 29, 2016
Thursday, January 21, 2016
Winter Project
This mirror - a thrift store purchase...
After gluing a few loose joints, I carved out a squared shape
to encompass the chip in the backside of the frame.
to encompass the chip in the backside of the frame.
Then I created a patch to fill in the shape.
After the glue dries, it will be time to select a paint color.
Thursday, December 10, 2015
Wednesday, December 2, 2015
Thursday, November 19, 2015
Mirror
Recently painted and now for sale,
this Huge and Heavy mirror.
We can't remember how we acquired it for sure...
possibly a curbside treasure.
Sunday, October 18, 2015
Saturday, October 17, 2015
Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Wednesday, September 30, 2015
Name that Color
In the end, instead of painting it,
we decided to gently sand the entire desk
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.
produced a beautiful result.
The color? My wife calls it "Moody Blue".
Monday, September 21, 2015
Saturday, September 19, 2015
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!
Wednesday, August 26, 2015
Friday, August 21, 2015
Friday, August 7, 2015
Saturday, July 11, 2015
Hot Commodity
Pleased with the way this turned out.
It sold within 10 minutes of being listed on a local
Facebook garage sale site.
Wednesday, July 8, 2015
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.
Thursday, July 2, 2015
Thursday, June 25, 2015
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.
Thursday, June 11, 2015
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!
Tuesday, June 2, 2015
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!
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