Category: Carpentry

This vanity was made from solid teak. The bathroom that it resides in doesn’t have a window and is rather small. So moisture was a concern. Its made using traditional mortise and tenon joinery, some pocket screws, and pre-drilled and plugged holes as if you would do on a boat. It features two drawers for stowing away the daily […]

A coffered ceiling can add style and grace to any room. The effect is amazing and there are so many different variations. I have seen artists paint murals and natures scenes in the squares. You can use any shape as well; squares, rectangles, ellipses, circles etc. The actual crown molding and other moldings can be mocked up […]

This is one of the first true antique restorations which I completed a long time ago and having a vision for what I wanted it to look like after the fact took a while to develop. When I first saw this desk it was in not to great of shape. I had a few doubts […]

Well its finally done. The hinges are installed and work properly. I decided to use a satin finish instead of high gloss and the interior is lined with velvet. The bark inclusion on the inside of the box blows my mind. One of the most interesting items I have ever made. Its one of a […]

When it came to making the hinges for this box I had major issues. The problem is unlike no other box I have built, nothing about it and I mean nothing is square. So standard hinges wouldn’t work by any means. So it sat. Yesterday I started making wooden hinges for some creative juices from pine […]

Adding a new tool to my collection always increases the types of items and versatility of what can be made. Recently I added an expensive high quality dado stack. I have used the warbler-stacks and I can tell you that they can’t hold a torch to this stack set-up. I purchased the dado set probably 3 weeks […]

 To many crown molding scraps laying around the shop. Had to make use of them.

From the sketches and gibberish in the first photo, all I needed was a cut sheet. Then I could start making these drawers. After doing the long math probably two or three dozen times for kitchen cabinets, bathroom cabinets, and furniture I had an idea! Mr Jon Dusza from Dusza Media was kind enough to confirm that using […]

This gem came too be by way of a hard piece of seasoned apple wood. The slab had been sitting in an office for 6-8 years behind a filing cabinet drying out. When I say hard I mean super hard, this material is probably the hardest I have tried too work with. The slab itself, […]

Living in a small home can be a challenge, especially when there isn’t much storage space. I have looked at the stand up cabinets for a bathroom but those didn’t meet our needs due to the fact that the baseboard heating wraps around behind the toilet. If it had legs the cabinet would be off […]