My favorite burlap projects…
Burlap has been pretty hot lately so I wanted to share some of my favorite projects with you…especially since you are probably tired of seeing me in the wood shop:-) My very first project was…
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Burlap has been pretty hot lately so I wanted to share some of my favorite projects with you…especially since you are probably tired of seeing me in the wood shop:-) My very first project was…
View PostI agonized for days over what kind (water or oil-based) and color of finish to use on the wormy chestnut countertops. I made a lot of samples with extra wood. Remember I wanted light white…
View PostThe countertop building continued today as we got all the boards glued and clamped. My countertop is really taking shape now! Luis marked the places he wanted to add biscuits on both sides of each…
View PostYesterday, we started trying to figure out how to get these joints square without a jointer. You can see the big gap we had between the boards, and we had to get that closed up. …
View PostLet me warn you now, this is not going to be pretty. But if you want to learn to make countertops the hard way, this post is for you:-) We started the day with our…
View PostThe love of my life and I celebrated our wedding anniversary yesterday:-) I am so thankful to have this wonderful man by my side. I am blessed to share not only my life with him…
View PostWe got a great start preparing the wormy chestnut boards for my countertops today, despite the threat of rain. You can see part one, pulling off the boards, HERE. Luis got everything set up, and…
View PostEven though the weather looked like rain, we were able to take all the wormy chestnut boards we needed for the counters today before the sky opened up. It’s amazing how something that seems so…
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