Yearly Archives: 2009

First Shelf Complete

Finally finding a little free time, I managed to finish off one of my shelf projects. Jess had asked for a long skinny shelf for the bedroom for pictures and miscellaneous items. I started by cutting a five foot by 5 inch piece of pine and sanding it down really nice, including a quick sand...

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Another work bench?

That’s right. Right on the heals of finishing the workbench for my shop, it is time to build another one. A few weeks ago was the spring work party for Abby’s school. This is a pretty cool system where one parent of each kid show up on a Saturday to help clean/fix the school. Projects...

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Work Bench – Finished!

Yes! I was able to find some free time this weekend and powered through the second part of my work bench. Thanks to Abby, whose invaluable help sitting on the finished portion placing dozens of screws in the peg board holes, and to my sister and her husband for arriving at a key moment where...

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The Decals

We successfully transferred the crib to Wally’s room (and Abby to her new toddler bed). The changing table will probably wait until closer to Wally’s birth so we can continue to use it for Abby. The decals came in the mail. We originally thought we would use stencils but Jess found these great decals on...

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Got chalk?

Holy cow! Look at that! It’s a chalk board wall. We are getting really close. Just a light fixture, furniture, and some cool wall decals. Keep checking back.

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