Woodwork
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Refurbishing A Cedar Chest
This piece belongs to the wife of the man who contacted me about it. It had sat in the garage for years and his wife wanted it for a guest room they were remodeling. Two of the legs were broken, the drawer was coming apart and the finish was shot. She had purchased new hardware
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Set of Four Chairs Repaired and Recovered
My client had four chairs that were all falling apart. Loose and broken joints required that all four chairs were dismantled entirely. Once the frames were repaired I put new covers on the seats. The client asked that I leave the existing seat covers beneath the covers I put on them. So now there are
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Scrapwood Sun
Scrap from making several modern deck chairs (shown below) were used to build this sun. The idea had been percolating for a while and was thrilled with how the sun turned out. I kept this project, even with all the offers..
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Kid Sized Picnic Tables
My client for this project owns a successful day care and the picnic tables on her playground were getting old. Having a model to copy made this an easy job.
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Barnwood Headboard
I ordered a few boxes of planed, precut barnwood for this project. My client wanted lights on the headboard and really like the idea of making them touch controlled. Labeling the boards once the layout looked right was a good idea. Then they were glued and nailed to the backer board. This headboard was hung
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From a Door to a Headboard
I picked this door up a salvage place a while ago with the idea to make it a headboard. One of the panels was broken. Fortunately cutting the broken panel off made the door the perfect size for a queen-sized bed. Note the cracked panel below and the LOVE sign on the finished, mounted headboard:
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Modern Adirondack Chairs
I saw these chairs online and loved them immediately. Such a clean, neat design! After making these two for my own back yard, I ended up selling several more. They are on the heavier side, but backs and bases are separate pieces which makes them much easier to put away after summer. *7/11/22 – These
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First Barn Door
Very often in older Florida homes, the laundry is in the garage, and this was the case in my home. This barn door was my first, constructed with 1×4 pine boards and 1/4″ plywood. I bought the steel bar but standoffs were made of dowels and the rolling mechanism was put together with odd nuts
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I don’t bowl..
I don’t bowl, much. Or well. This is a piece of an old bowling alley lane that I found on etsy that I just had to have. Then I found the miniature pins on Etsy. And the material to make the shade…