s_m
21st May 2007, 06:47 PM
Just popping my head up from lurkerdom (well in this forum anyway).
I've been a member here for a while but been busy with my now-3yo for several years. With preschool on the horizon next year I have co-opted my father in law (and his fully-equipped workshop) to help me make her a "big bed". I've also enrolled in evening woodwork so I learn to use the tools and can make some other furniture for the house.
To date my projects have been either restoration/refinishing or small stuff I can do with hand tools and a home workshop that consists of as much of an an overcrowded garage I can clear plus two saw horses on the concrete outside :B.
Here are some pics:
1. Chiswell buffet bought from tip shop for $40 and refinished. We now have the matching dining table and chairs my parents bought new (and my brother has their buffet).
2. Kauri child's wardrobe made for my grandparents in 1942 when my mother was a 3yo. This had always been painted white and took lots of stripping and sanding due to undercoat penetration into the grain. My daughter is the 5th member of our family to use it.
3. Cupboard/telephone stand made up from a set of cheap and nasty crapiata shelves with door of even nastier cupped crapiata plank from Bunnings. Stained to match the buffet tho don't look inside because it's still raw pine :B.
4. Coat and hat rack for my daughter made from an old plywood skateboard deck my Other Half made when he was a teenager with hooks from Ikea. I found the deck in the garage and sanded it for ages before sanding in a coat of Danish Oil and it's smooth as :D.
Steph
Canberra
I've been a member here for a while but been busy with my now-3yo for several years. With preschool on the horizon next year I have co-opted my father in law (and his fully-equipped workshop) to help me make her a "big bed". I've also enrolled in evening woodwork so I learn to use the tools and can make some other furniture for the house.
To date my projects have been either restoration/refinishing or small stuff I can do with hand tools and a home workshop that consists of as much of an an overcrowded garage I can clear plus two saw horses on the concrete outside :B.
Here are some pics:
1. Chiswell buffet bought from tip shop for $40 and refinished. We now have the matching dining table and chairs my parents bought new (and my brother has their buffet).
2. Kauri child's wardrobe made for my grandparents in 1942 when my mother was a 3yo. This had always been painted white and took lots of stripping and sanding due to undercoat penetration into the grain. My daughter is the 5th member of our family to use it.
3. Cupboard/telephone stand made up from a set of cheap and nasty crapiata shelves with door of even nastier cupped crapiata plank from Bunnings. Stained to match the buffet tho don't look inside because it's still raw pine :B.
4. Coat and hat rack for my daughter made from an old plywood skateboard deck my Other Half made when he was a teenager with hooks from Ikea. I found the deck in the garage and sanded it for ages before sanding in a coat of Danish Oil and it's smooth as :D.
Steph
Canberra