Plant Stands
Want to become a plant lover? Buy a plant stand. Want your plants to love you? Get them plant stands.
Projects
Bathroom Bench
Unique walnut bathroom bench, this build proved to be one of the more difficult ones I’ve done so far.
Building Block Table
Tired of stepping on building blocks? Use some scrap wood and build yourself a simple building block table.
Wooden Headboard
Building my own headboard allowed me to make it exactly to our liking with most of my favorite woods! I also learned how to do a French cleat.
Emma’s (and my?) Desk
The quarantine took us all by surprise. Life was turned upside down it felt. A coping mechanism of mine kicked into place quickly- “this is just temporary, it won’t last forever” were things I began telling myself. This mechanism works well most of the time but for COVID-19, it began to bite me in the …
E. Cutting Board Table
This project came at the request of my neighbor for whom I had already made the sewing table. She was now requesting a table which she could stand at and cut fabrics. She also wanted one that would sit overtop of her sewing table when it wasn’t in use since she had limited space. In …
D. The Sewing Table
When my neighbor asked for an estimated date of completion for her table, I thought for sure I could finish it in 3 weeks. What I failed to realize is that 1) holidays are a difficult time to get into the garage for me and 2) you never know when your kids will get sick, …
C. Toy Storage Piece
What happened: I hope to one day say this piece took me the longest to make- I hope I never take four months to make anything again. The design idea for the bottom section of this piece came from the fact that I had a bunch of 1”x4” pine boards. The wood had previously been …
B. Shoe Rack
What I wanted: I started this project with a rough sketch of what I was looking for. I knew that I wanted it to be about 20” tall (to just sit under the window sill) and about 32” wide. I also wanted it to have 2 shelves for shoes and a top shelf to put …
A. My first “project”
I hadn’t thought much about this bookcase in probably 20 years. This past spring, I mentioned to my dad that I was thinking about doing some woodworking projects. Somewhere in our discussion he brought up the bookcase we had built together. It took me aback. I had completely forgotten about that weekend. My mom had …