Category: Carpentry

These picture frames were made in a shabby & rustic style. There were a total of ten in the batch but these were my favorites out of the bunch. The frames included glass, a backer, and hanging clasps.

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I haven’t updated a lot recently due to work load. In addition to that my truck decide that the transmission was going to fail. Thank goodness that I have two mechanics in my family! My brother Josh took a lot of time out of his past week and helped me replace it! Big red is still […]

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    This little bench was made from a cast aside maple headboard and foot board as seen in the picture below. I started by splitting the foot board in half on the table saw. Then laying out the tenon length. Cutting the tenons on the table saw (which made a ton of smoke by […]

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These cute shutters were made to replace a pair that a client found. She found four of them that were rotted out pretty bad but she figured that maybe she could get two good ones out of the four. So she called me and I said, “Sure no problem!” I selected the two that were […]

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This little sitting bench was made for the end of a bed to put shoes on in the morning. The top cushion is re-purposed and came from a previous  bench. The leaf molding around the top perimeter was added to match the existing furniture in the room. The furniture was all knotty pine so that is the material that was used. The legs are […]

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Being around antique shops more often lately I have found a few gems. I never know what I am going to find at a good price. This one I got for $6. All it needed was some TLC. As the late James Krenov would say, “..she purrs like a cat.”  

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The design for the face frame of this banquette was quite straightforward. Frame and raised panel construction, with some of the joints being mitered and some of them off angled, but what mattered is how they lined up with the rest of the cabinetry in the room. The face frame material was maple which is […]

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This room has wainscoting, crown molding, chair rail, & shadow boxes. It is hard to get the feeling for the room without being in it.    

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I know what your thinking. Why on earth would a person want to change a perfectly good shower area into a closet? Well let me tell you why. When you have a company that is pumping out prefab houses on the average of one per month or more, no one really questions the plans. In […]

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The desk desk has ten inset shadow boxes and the counter top is granite.

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