This past fall, we made a chair! It stands about a foot high and took us less than a week to complete. A tiny chair for a tiny person – my one and a half year old niece. We are not going into the baby furniture making business, but it was a fun weekend project… Continue reading Woodworking – Tiny Chair
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Woodworking: Bookshelf Project
We finished our first woodworking furniture piece – a bookshelf! My partner did most of the work, but I’ll take the credit – we designed it to blend into our space and house as many books as we could (many are still in boxes!). With each design feature we chose, we learned a lot and… Continue reading Woodworking: Bookshelf Project
Dresser Refurbishing Project
One of my projects is learning how to refurbish furniture or household items that we can customize to fit our space, look nice, and hopefully be more affordable (part of our house decorating goals). So we bought this old, worn out dresser in January or February of this year at a garage sale, with the… Continue reading Dresser Refurbishing Project
Refinishing Wood Chairs
One of the ways that we are trying to be more sustainable is to refinish used furniture that will fill our home. It’s been a big learning process so far, figuring out types of stain, protective gear, and how to apply each layer. We’ve left gobs of stain remover everywhere, I’ve gotten orange blotches all… Continue reading Refinishing Wood Chairs