I was asked by a friend to make a reclaimed oak bench to match a dining table they bought when stationed in Europe. The table was made of reclaimed oak and had a rustic, hand planed (or hand scraped) texture running across the grain. The bench ended up being 70 inches long, 13.25 inches wide,…
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In addition to building wooden furniture and other items, I also like to repurpose old items. This workbench sat in someone’s basement for many, many years. The top has all sorts of dents, dings, and other marks that show it’s age. Now it’s a repurposed kitchen island. It’s about 20 inches wide and 4 feet…
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A lot of the projects I take on are because someone wants something specific but can’t find it anywhere. It may be something they have seen in a magazine or on Pinterest, or something that they want that will match something they already have. That was the case with the folding ladder tray. A friend…
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What do you do when you have a collectible sewing machine that you want to show off? You have a custom sewing machine stand built for it of course. One of my clients is an avid sewer and collector of sewing machines. This particular model was originally purchased by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s “home economics”…
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If you grew up in the midwest like I did, you have undoubtedly sat on an old, rustic farm bench at some point in your life. They are almost always made of extra wood that was sitting around, beat up, and used indoors and out. Short of finding one of these rustic farm benches on…
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