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Wednesday, March 5, 2014
The power of woodworking
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Wow! Look at all the WWMM projects Dan has made:
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Wow! Look at all the WWMM projects Dan has made:
Mallet videos this week:
- Drew Shorts mallet
- Brian Grellas mallet
- John Heiszs mallet
- Jon Peters mallet
Sunday, March 2, 2014
The Easiest Ever Way To Fix Stained Drawers
Doing laundry. Then, doing more laundry. Oh, and also ironing. Lets not forget that.
However, in between all my domestic responsibities, I was also able to fit in one of the many tasks on my never ending to do list. I was able to finish lining the drawers of a furntiture piece I recently completed. Yay! Ok, this was not really an exciting task, but I got it done.
A couple of weeks ago, I finished a dresser/buffet in a finish I call Two-Toned Glam. The piece came out beautifully in the end, but it had given me little fits here and there. Just little things. For intstance, I talked in an earlier post about having to deal with water marks that had popped up.
Another minor, but nevertheless so very annoying, problem with this piece was a drawer which had a stain. From time to time, I will have a great piece to refinish that may have stains or marks inside the drawers. And, because most of my pieces I sell at my Etsy shop, I want to be sure they go to my customers in good shape. Sometimes, I can clean away marks. Other times, I may need to sand them away. On this piece, however, the stain was too deep and superficial sanding would not work.
So, my favorite, and by far the easiest, fix for imperfect drawers is lining them with adhesive cork.
This brand I purchase right at Home Depot.
It gives a clean and natural look and for drawers that could see a lot of wear, it is very durable. It also "naturally resists mold and mildew, as well as, cushions and protects"...that there is right off the label!
First, I measure the length and width of the drawer. Oh, and take out the drawer to make it easier...which I, of course, did not yet do in this picture.
Then, unroll your cork adhesive onto a flat surface and mark off the drawer measurements on the back grid and cut along the lines.
Next, peel back one corner of the cut liner and lay the adhesive side down in your selected drawer corner.
Once your corner is down, slowly pull the white paper off the adhesive back, working from the first corner. At the same time you are pulling the white paper off, begin pressing down the adhesive side, smoothing as you go.
Here is my drawer "after" with the cork liner. It is a downright pretty inside of a drawer...dont you think?
A Corner in the Living Room
For a while now Ive been gradually working on a corner in our living room. You may remember the shelves we recently hung to give some structure to a large bare wall. Adjacent to the wall with the shelves was yet another space I needed to fill.
Our living room updates have included a new ceiling, new trim, new ceiling light fixture, new drapery and fresh paint. Ive tried to keep the rest of the updates minimal and inexpensive. With that in mind, I needed to make our existing furniture work. After finding a furniture arrangement that I liked, I brought our originally black console table over to this wall.
BEFORE:
BEFORE:
I knew the right piece to hang above the table would be a mirror, so I took a trip to our local antique mall to take a look. I found this mirror for $20. It was heavy, obviously old with a solid wood frame and back. I knew I would have to paint the frame so that it stood out against the wood walls, but after thinking about it for a few days, I realized it would be perfect and went back to buy it.
I first painted a light coat of BM Titanium (the same gray I used for the shelves), then a light coat of Annie Sloan Chalk Paint Coco, lightly sanded and finished with clear ASCP wax. I was so pleased with how it turned out and was thrilled that my husband had to agree (especially since he tried to talk me out of buying it - smile).
BEFORE:
The following week I went to work on our generic console table, which we purchased as newlyweds.
The truth is... I painted too many coats on this piece to count. I just could not get it to look right! Finally I ended up painting BM Titanium over ASCP Coco, and finished with both ASCP dark wax and ASCP clear wax.
The neutral colors really pop against the wood walls and hopefully help to create a look that is soothing and cohesive. You may have heard me mention before that the wood walls are original to our home... as hard as it has been for me to decorate this room, I really wanted to try and embrace that rustic element.
Originally I had planned on buying a couple lamps to set on either side of the mirror, but Justus had the suggestion of buying oil lamps, and I was instantly smitten with the idea. In our old house, we dont have many outlets and its also nice to have a source of light when the power goes out. I bought these nearly identical lamps at our local antique store. All we had to do was add lamp oil - fun!
Slowly the corner was coming together. Then last week my dad came over and brought me some antlers he had found on their farm. I knew immediately they would complete the look I was going for and hung them above the mirror.
In actuality, our sofa sits in front of the console table. Weve had this red sofa for nearly nine years (another newlywed purchase) and will likely have it for another nine (smile), so that was certainly another reason for opting to keep the background decor simple and neutral.
Sometimes I feel like there is still so much to be done in our home, but tonight when I happened across "before" photos of our living room and our entire house, it was so rewarding to see that we actually have accomplished a lot. Yes, there are still many improvements that need to be made, but I feel like I need to be more thankful for what we do have and recognize that it doesnt all happen overnight.
With that being said, were looking forward to starting on some outdoor projects tomorrow we hope to accomplish before spring, and one of those is a chicken coop! Today was rainy and overcast (hence the bad photos), but if we see sunny skies, well be getting started.
Hope you have a wonderful weekend!
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Tuesday, February 18, 2014
How to Choose The Best Plans Sheds
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Material checklist, The first thing you ought to see about any given pair of plans is a materials list. This particular comes in really handy and may speed up assembling your shed significantly, by permitting you to precut your entire measurements in advance, It can also be utilized to get an notion of how much the work is going to run you in advance. All you need to do will be add every one of the specified table lengths along with calculate the price by looking at a home development stores rates.
Pictures are crucial, Pictures could be a huge aid by allowing you to view the end product ahead of time so that you know what you may anticipate when building your personal backyard shed. Theyre able to give you a far better idea of how a project really should look through different stages of the building course of action, A picture can display you items that regular wording could in no choice explain. I assume the age old expressing "a picture may be worth 1000 words" establishes true in cases like this. Refer to the many pictures through the entire shed building process to you should alchoices be doing every little thing correctly,
Top shots, Level shots are just different aspects of the shed that permit you to get certain measurements along with design aspects right on specific sides in the shed plans.
These needs to have a different watch for each aspect of the shed as well as contain numerous measurements concerning particular particulars on that aspect. For instance, in the event the drawing has been for the entrance of the garden shed, it should include distinct details about the shed door as well as any special specifics in the front in the shed, Having these kinds of will drastically increase your accuracy and reliability and productivity and serve as tips when subsequent any group of diy shed plans.
Step by step instructions, Its not all plans for sheds includes detailed step-by-step guidelines. If they carry out, then this will allow you to build your garden shed, reducing the chances of coming to a mistakes along the choice.
Having these kind of step-by-step instructions could also help someone who doesnt alchoices have as much building knowledge by giving all of them a specific choice to follow. Once they follow this method they will not alchoices be wondering about particular variables that will tend to surface when building the shed. Look for particular shed plans that have step-by-step directions if you arent positive your skills.
How to Pick the best Plans For Storage sheds
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Petersburg MI the glass doors part II
The mortise and tenon glass doors are now set, and I can handle them as a unit. Ive sanded them down, and given them a nice edge with the router. My edge design matches the base cabinet doors and well as the inset trim I have yet to install.
One of the things I also like to do on doors is to run the edges through the jointer. This evens things out better and eliminates some sanding. Now I can start to stain and finish them...
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One of the things I also like to do on doors is to run the edges through the jointer. This evens things out better and eliminates some sanding. Now I can start to stain and finish them...
wills banjos hit the tv news
heres a link to the tape. it was great!. check it out if you have a minute. they filmed and talked for about an hour and boiled it all down to about 3 minutes. a lot of work goes into this stuff.
Monday, February 10, 2014
goldtown rips it up on the town green
we live in dorset, but when we say were going to town, its really manchester, about 9 miles away. in dorset we have no traffic lights, a couple general stores, a post office and some inns. manchester, for the past few years, has been hosting a series of tueday evening free concerts on the green and last night was wills band, goldtowns, first appearance there. several people, including the woman who organizes the events, said last night was, by far, the biggest crowd ever ... and, they were psyched ... it was a great show! ..click the photos to enlarge them ... . 
after an early afternoon shower threat, the sky cleared and it was a perfect summer evening, sunny and 72 degrees. it was my first concert with a serious waterfall in the background and loaded log trucks passing by, but the sound was great. 
lots of kids, like our friend kates, and andrew weill , the glass blowers below. kates kid had on her best too-too and did some great dancing.
andrew, on the other hand, looked like he was carrying a six pack ... but kit rescued her for a moment below. andrew said it was his daughters third goldtown event, counting one in utero ...
they closed with a traditional tune, rubens train. im not a video guy, but i took this one and you can feel the energy of the crowd by watching it. even ma was dancin ....
great crowd ..
great waterfall ...the dome part 2
phew ! .. the dome left today at around 5:00 ... a challenging project if ever there was one, and we plan to help set it up for the new oven on site tomorrow or friday. watta project !! heres a link to the previous post on the early stages of construction ... ignorance breeds confidence ...we had no idea what we were getting into.
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in this photo, you can see pete, the mason brother in law, of vermont brick ovens, on the left, and trevor, admiring the collapsing mechanism. if you enlarge the photo, (click it), theres a handwheel on the vertical stem, and when you turn it, the hub drops and the ribs can be removed one at a time through the oven door, or more likely from the collapsed pile of parts.
when hes ready, well be helping pete set it up for his current project. hes currently working on the soldier course that stands vertically around the 72" diameter .. heres a photo of that in the works.
in case you missed the first post, itll look like this when its done.
well, it was quite a trip getting this project together .. lots of head scratching, lots of glue, (over a gallon) and some sanding and bondoing ... here are some more photos of the process ...
early on, with the glue up form still in use .. see this link for other early photos
here were getting the shim blocks (later knocked out to collapse the form) figured out ...
in the end, we made two different versions ..
sanding and fitting the rough glued pieces .. it aint perfect, but there arent any
cracks that a half a brick can fall through ...
tah dah .. on to bondo and paint
the holes were from the ten thousand screws we used to make the five layers of bending plywood do what they had absolutely no interest in doing, which is form part of a sphere.
a previous vermont brick oven project in manchester, for which we made a different form
that was a lot more complex and time consuming to set up than this one ..
we realized as we were packing it up .. damn! we missed our chance. we shoulda painted
the north pole, hudson bay, and sweden to alaska on it ...
i will NOT be going into the wood globe business ..... all for now.
DIY Belgrave Headboard with Ikat Fabric for the Guest Bedroom
Yesterday we finished the headboard for the Guest Bedroom! and I am loving how it turned out! I decided on a belgrave style headboard since the curves would accommodate 54" wide fabric without any awkward seams, read on to see how we did it!
After we gathered our supplies:
3/8" plywood (2 sheets)
1x4s (frame)
1x10 (to cut top of frame out of)
fabric - 2.5 yards purchased from fabric.com
cording
batting
foam
staple gun
We got to work!
We drew a few different curves on cardboard before deciding on this one (try using a compass, paint can or other round objects for the curve)
We used the cardboard as a stencil and traced on the 1x10. Then cut it out with the jigsaw.
Cut the side pieces to length and attached the frame to the plywood with screws (from the back)
Wrapped the frame with batting ...
Sewed fabric wrapped cording
Fabric was cut for the frame - the corners were a bit tricky because the fabric was 54" wide and the headboard was 60" it needed to be applied in pieces across the top - cording was stapled corner to corner
Heat n bond no sew adhesive was placed on top - fabric for other side of the cord was folded and ironed for a crisp edge - placed on top (creased side against the cord) and then ironed
All fabric was pulled tight and stapled on the back. The fabric was cut to accommodate the curve and stapled
Cording was stapled along the interior of the frame
The other piece of plywood was cut to fit inside the frame - leaving extra room for foam, batting, and cording. Foam was cut to the size of the plywood, wrapped in batting and fabric
It was put inside the frame and attached with screws from the back (make sure that your screws arent too long!)
And there you have it! A diy belgrave headboard with cording!
Pillow shams are lampshade cover are made out of this Annie Selke fabric click here for my envelope pillow tutorial (front pillow is from Target - a year or so back)
Click to read more about the nightstand/dresser and lampshade
a bunch of Lisianthus to brighten up the room!
It was my goal to make this for as little $$ as possible and have it still look expensive - check back tomorrow for the price breakdown and how I saved some money and time!
Hope you love it as much as I do!
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