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Charles Rennie Mackintosh
I was asked to renovate the main floor bathroom to match the Craftsman style of the rest of the house in time for my daughter’s graduation party this weekend. While researching (looking at pictures on...
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Talesin Desk just in time for Christmas
Now that Christmas is over I can catch up on posting my latest project. I spent most of the fall building a version of Kevin Rodel’s Frank Lloyd Wright inspired Talesin Desk working off Sketch-Up plans...
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A Series of Unfortunate Events
This is a mash-up of a blog and a project with some very important lessons learned: I recently came across a great deal on some rough-sawn hardwood so I bought 200 bf of cherry, 200 bf of walnut, and...
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Closets, closets, and more Closets
In early November, my wife wanted a closet shelf system with some drawers for scrap book supplies for Christmas. I drew up a basic design, she approved it and things got moving. The shelf units are 7’...
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Frank Lloyd Wright Mosaic
The excellent projects posted recently by A&C Style (headboard), Edward (G&G mirror) MBS (Walnut curio cabinet) have inspired me to sit down and take the time to do a proper write-up for the...
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SketchUp stains and Dirty Laundry
Project time in the shop has been limited this summer between outside chores, hot temperatures and learning how to use Sketch-Up. A month or so back, the washer died and so we bought a new washer and...
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Charles Rennie Mackintosh Inspired Computer Desk
This past summer I asked my my youngest daughter why she never used her computer and was always using mine. Her response – “because I don’t have a computer desk”. Well, now she does. She wanted a desk...
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Basic Bed Frame and Headboard
Over the past couple of weeks I’ve been working on a new queen size bed for my daughter (see the blog for the details). She found the design on a DIY site. The original version was made from 1×6 pine...
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A few variations on Kevin Rodel's Side Chair
We needed desk chairs for the various desks that I’ve built for my wife, daughter, and myself. After realizing that I had no idea how to design a chair I found a set of plans at Taunton Press (Fine...
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Spring Box Swap 2018 - Prairie Style
This was my first LJ swap so I was a bit nervous, wondering what I could make that would be on par with the amazing projects I’d seen from other swaps. I knew I wanted to try some things I haven’t...
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2018 Mallet Swap - What do you call an assortment of Mallets?
After finishing the box swap, my first swap, I decided to participate in the mallet swap. It was a lot of fun. BeardedDog was my recipient. Since he hasn’t been on LJ long I figured I might as well...
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Saw Blade Storage
Earlier this summer the hinges and clasps on the plastic dado blade box finally broke off. Not too bad for 10+ years of use. About the same time, I was reorganizing shop storage and wound up without a...
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Loaded Dice Mallets
After the summer mallet swap I decided to make a dice mallet for myself and wound up making a dozen of them, trying out a lot of different woods, and ideas. There is a 2 part blog explaining all of the...
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Assorted Layout Tools
For the 2018 Layout Tool Swap I chose to make an assortment of items. Since I haven’t used many layout tools outside of a square and pencil I wasn’t sure what was useful and what wasn’t. I also was at...
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Trifecta - Ebonized Walnut Book Shelf
Previously, I built an ebonized walnut desk and chair for my youngest daughter. She wanted a book shelf to complete the set. After looking at endless pictures we finally found a picture of a simple,...
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Nightstand Set
My daughter asked for a set of night stands for Christmas to go with the bed I made her. Technical details: 20” square top, 24” tall, 4-1/2” x 13” dovetail drawer, 13” x 14” shelf Nightstand wood is...
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Pieces and parts box for Leigh jigs
I’ve owned the Leigh dovetail jig and the Leigh Mortise and Tenon jig for a few years now. There are lots of pieces and parts, as well as extremely helpful, well written user’s manuals that come along...
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Daylight Savings Time
For the Spring Surprise Swap I decided I wanted to make a clock that looked something like this for my swap recipient – TomGrin: After a lot of tinkering around I settled on a 1” A&C style mortise...
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2019 BBQ Swap
This swap presented a bit different challenge than previous ones. As we are currently between houses, my shop is packed up. That meant I would need to make something that I could reasonably complete...
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Prefab Prairie Coasters
I really wanted to participate in this year’s Beer Swap since I sat out last year. Unfortunately, I’ve been without a shop for 6 months while we are in an apartment waiting for a new house to be built....
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