Monthly Archives: June 2009

The Storage Unit

Jess’s profession has caused her to collect quite a few pieces of equipment, cameras, reflectors, props, etc. Until now they have been stored in our never-been-used-as-a-dining-room dining room. In an effort to make that a functional room again, she asked me to build her a storage unit for the office, and a new project was...

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The Garden part 1

Jess came to me a while ago saying she wanted me to create a garden for her to plant some chicken teriyaki. I thought cool! I didn’t know you could do that. Needless to say I got started immediately. After doing some research and consulting the experts (Kelly and Lance) we decided on a relatively...

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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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