Category Archives: Woodworking

Farmhouse Table – Making the Table Top

We made some headway with Daniel & Adelle's Farmhouse Table in the last week. We put in one solid days work on the weekend, as well as one weekday evening. Our work was a bit all over the map, as there was four of us we decided it was best...

DIY, Woodworking

May 17, 2013

Kristen

farmhouse table, woodworking

Project Modern Farmhouse Table

Our friends Daniel & Adelle are moving into a new place, and have asked us to help them build a table and benches for their dining space. We jumped at the opportunity. We love building things, we get to try some new techniques, and we get to help out friends. Win win situation. They have been...

DIY, Woodworking

May 10, 2013

Kristen

farmhouse table, woodworking

Printmakers Media Cabinet – The Reveal

Its been six weekends of hard work, but we finally reached the final stretch of the printmakers media cabinet project. This is where we left off. The cabinet was built and sanded and ready for finishing. If you missed it, check out part one, two, Read More

Cool Projects, DIY, DIY Versions of Brand Name Stuff, Feature Post, Living Room, Woodworking

May 6, 2013

Kristen

cabinet, living room, printmakers media cabinet, restoration hardware, woodworking

Media Cabinet – The Final Steps

I feel like we've been working on the media cabinet forever (check out part one, two, three, and four). The whole being a grown up and having to work 40 hours a week really...

DIY, Living Room, Woodworking

April 29, 2013

Kristen

drawers, media cabinet, woodworking

Burnin Down the House

In my quest for a stain for the media cabinet, I have about driven myself nuts with options. I have tried a stack of stain cans, jars full of "custom stain mixes" and even shoe polish. I am desperate, and indecisive. I don't know why I...

Woodworking

April 26, 2013

Kristen

burning, wood, wood burning

Drawers

Cabinet drawers, not underpants. Get your head out of the gutter. A big part of our Printmakers Media Cabinet project is the 6 storage drawers to hold remotes, and our DVD's & video games. The cabinet has three shallow drawers at the top (for the remotes), and then three...

Living Room, Woodworking

April 24, 2013

Kristen

media cabinet, woodworking

Media Cabinet – Odds & Ends

The Printmakers media cabinet project is coming along (if you've missed it, check out part one, two and three) We checked a few things off the list last weekend. First up, we headed down to Read More

Living Room, Woodworking

April 18, 2013

Kristen

media cabinet, stain, woodworking

The Quest for Stain

I know exactly what I want, but I cant find it. Isn't that infuriating? I heart the look of the reclaimed pine from Restoration Hardware. Its a grey undertoned warm finish that looks old, but not dirty. (I hate how some reclaimed wood looks so dirt ridden that you'd never want to have it in your...

Woodworking

April 11, 2013

Kristen

media cabinet, stain, woodworking

Media Cabinet – Phase 3

Slowly but surely our media cabinet is coming along. As El Granto and I have big kid 9-5's we really only get to work on projects on the weekends. When we left off, we had attached the front and back frame together and it was looking like this. Read More

DIY, Living Room, Woodworking

April 8, 2013

Kristen

livingroom, media cabinet, woodworking

Framed!

How was your Easter/Passover weekend? We enjoyed some well deserved good weather, which meant many a good dog walk as well as a lovely Easter dinner and ruckus Yahtzee game with the family. We also used the long weekend to get a bit more work done on our media...

Cool Projects, Living Room, Woodworking

April 1, 2013

Kristen

cabinet, media cabinet

Category Archives: Woodworking

Farmhouse Table – Making the Table Top

Project Modern Farmhouse Table

Printmakers Media Cabinet – The Reveal

Media Cabinet – The Final Steps

Burnin Down the House

Drawers

Media Cabinet – Odds & Ends

The Quest for Stain

Media Cabinet – Phase 3

Framed!

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