4 the love of wood: wood working

Showing posts with label wood working. Show all posts

Showing posts with label wood working. Show all posts

WHITE FARMHOUSE TABLE - made with thrift store parts

When I go to the thrift store I never know what I might find. For this project I was over the moon excited to find what I did.

ANTIQUE WOOD CUPBOARD - styled and decorated

I wanted to share with you a view of the antique cupboard I saved in it's forever home.

HOW TO CREATE A BEAUTIFUL FARMHOUSE TABLE - A TRUE FABLE

Do I have a dining table tale to tell you ....

Once upon a time, in a land far far away from my current life I managed a large warehouse.

TURQUOISE SOFA TABLE - laying paint

Once upon a time this cute little turquoise hall table use to be a dining table.

DIY FRENCH HEADBOARD - combining items

Every now and then I get an itch, a nagging desire to change something in the house. I start to focus on it, maybe something isn't working right for us or the look of something is bothering me. GG has even given it a name ...

"AWEFULIZING" The wheels start to turn in my head, and

over the years he has learned to recognize it. As soon as he

sees it, he tells me to stop awfulizing. The truth is if I didn't

awfulize over it I would not be able to create. It's part of my

process, it's the main component to how I do what it is I do.

Now that brings me to our headboard. I always wanted a

tufted headboard, one stop into Sleep Country way back

when and I bought one. We both like it but it also lacked my

personal touch or something unique to us, which has

always bothered me.

ABOVE - the headboard with it's intended look

BELOW - my spin on things, by turning it upside down

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ABOVE - the freshly made over bed room

BELOW - what this room looked like in the beginning

AND NOW ......

DETAILS

Our updated French #headboard. Tufted Fabric part is from @sleepcountrycan and hung on the wall with a #frenchCleat - Carved #woodwork is repurposed from a broken #armoire and painted with #AnnieSloanChalkPaint - #SheerCurtain panels 36" long from the #thriftstore - #BedCrown was a #RoadsideTreasure that is made of pine, originally a window valance box.

INSTAGRAM @4_the_love_of_wood

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Firstfinds Hardware Store

vintage switch plates

FIRSTFINDS HARDWARE STORE
vintage hardware

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PRESERVING AN ANTIQUE WOOD CABINET

I had the pleasure of preserving an antique cabinet. She was really pretty from the outside, super old, hand made once upon a time and had lots of ware. The inside was another story, rotting and falling apart were just a few of her issues. It had been a rodent retreat for some time. They chewed large holes in the wood and did their business all over the poor girl. There were also multiple repairs done over the years leaving a large selection of different nails to be dealt with. The wood had shrunk so much there were ....

HORSE MAKEOVER - snowy white

I first saw Snowy at a vintage market and it was love at first sight. He had two missing ears, a tail that was falling off, a bad paint job, and a cracked leg. I turned to GG and said "he needs me"

CUTTING A CHURCH PEW IN HALF

At almost 9 feet long this old church pew was just too long to use as an entry bench so I decided to cut it in half.

BIRCH CANDLES, GIANT STARS, WOOD LADDERS, & CHEVRONS

I finally got to build some birch candles holders. I have been wanting to create these for several years but time and birch had eluded me.

DUCK EGG DINING CHAIRS - chair makeover

I'm sure some of you are wondering what DUCK EGG DINING chairs are and I will explain. Duck Egg refers to a soft blue paint color that is available in Annie Sloan's Chalk Paint line.

SHIPLAP COAT RACK - farmhouse style

One of the great elements of this shiplap coat rack is the hand made corbels I used. I made them with a new tool I have.

WHITE SECRETARY DESK - vintage wood working

This secretary was built with several

parts headed to the landfill.

COLONEL MUSTARD DID IT - reclaiming sleigh bed

Colonel Mustard did

it with the knife in

the board room!

VINTAGE DESK in VINTAGE TURQUOISE - mixing annie sloan chalk paint

Annie Sloan Chalk Paint has a high

volume of pigment in it. One benefit

of this is the ability to dye fabric with

it. Another advantage of the strong

colors is how little of a color you need

to mix new colors. I mixed a beautiful

vintage turquoise color using Annie

Sloan paints.

HOW I UPHOLSTER CORNERS - foot stool video

There are plenty of upholstery tutorials on the web but I definitely still get asked how I do the corners
when I upholster. I am not professionally trained, I learned over years what works for me and what doesn't.

THE MERCANTILE CABINET - photo shoot

I had a fun photo shoot with this vintage cabinet that I rebuilt. I used several vintage suit cases, a large reed basket, some old pop crates, an old window and my new canvas tote bag. I love the look and feel of the piece.

ADDING LEGS TO A CORNER CABINET

Once upon a time I used living room side table legs to make a short corner shelf much taller.

On the left you can see the outline of the original piece in amongst the details I added.

HOW TO HIDE YOUR FINISHING NAILS - fixing tutorial

Did you install some trim in your home and lost steam when it came time to hide the finishing nails? You can always go back later and finish it off. May this quick little article help you get it done.

INSTALLING DRAWER HANDLES without measuring

Sometimes even measuring you can get it wrong. Let me share how I install most of my handles on furniture.

A BED INTO A BENCH - before and after

Every time I walk by this pretty and curvy bench it makes me smile.

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