Thread: A little more wisdom from Old Jim

Interesting topic Pete.

Me, I'm fairly eclectic in my tastes and what I build.

For instance I built a bed from Ironbark simply because I always
wanted to build something from that timber. Our outdoor table
is made from Bunya pine because the slabs were the right size,
the price was good and the timber looks terrific.

I acquired some Celery Top pine in Tasmania that will become
the draw fronts for a chest of drawer. This is because it is a match
in terms of colour for other pieces made from various native pines.
It's also what I have handy!!

People like Woodwould are influenced by a particular period or style
of furniture. Others are inventive.

I have my ideas... but not the budget.

So I acquire pieces as and when they happen my way, until I have the right "stuff" to see the idea come to fruition.

Some don't pass prototyping, some don't need prototyping, but they all have been thought about for so long - and the concepts changed as and when "that might work" pieces of wood come to hand - that often the end result bears no real relation to the initial concept...

and doesn't fill the 'need' I had which inspired the idea in the first place...

and still have to build something that will!

Which, as often as not, is something slipshod & ricketty 'cos I'd just used up all the timber I had allotted for the job...

(Our furnishings are like my tools: an eclectic mixture of "Ooer! Nice!" & "You sure it's not dangerous?")