High Chair For Older Children

The original design for this chair came from my father. He built two chairs similar to this one when the twins were born. I remember watching him build them. The original chairs were made of 1 sheet of 1/2" plywood, with just a jigsaw and a grinder. My mother painted them black and applied a decal of a basket of fruit on the back. I changed the...

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Beginner Woodworking Projects How to Build an Arbor for Your Yard

Establishing a smallish garden arbor is an simple and easy Do It On your own challenge. Would you like to make a wonderful browsing arbor for your lawn this summer season? Have you at any time regarded building up a single by yourself? Youll find it extremely possible and you can acquire superb Newbie Woodworking Assignments even if you might be even now brand new to this hobby.Some employs for an arbor:Assist for climbing vegetation like roses, clematis, grapes and ivy.Excellent backdrop for using...

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Julia Weber Slöjd – an educational approach to wood working

The Goals of Slöjd Education:To instill a taste for and an appreciation of work in general.To create a respect for hard, honest, physical labor.To develop independence and self-reliance.To provide training in the habits of order, accuracy, cleanliness and neatness.To train the eye to see accurately and to appreciate the sense of beauty in form.To develop a sense of touch and...

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Eames Plywood Furniture

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The interrogative woodworker

Have you ever installed a tablesaw blade backward? Did you then try to use it? Where you certain that the blade was just dull? Do you kind of like the smell of lacquer? If you could build a car out of wood, would you? When you hear the word "Stickley", do you — just for a moment — think "sticky"? Would Greene and Green have become famous if their last name was Henderson?Does...

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My First Pickin Experience and an Upcoming Great Project

Happy Monday everyone!  This weekend I got to go with my hubby on my first picking trip.  In a word, ick.  Now I know why he, and his clothes, come home filthy from these trips.   The place we visited was an old garage/shed that was filled with junk.  Here are some pics I took of what we were pickin through.Yup, a bunch of junk.  But, oooohhhhh,...

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Quilt rack follow up tostones

A few quick updates about yesterdays quilt rack video. I also wanted to thank Wil Wilson, who sent me an HVLP sprayer! Im looking forward to using it for applying lacquer, and I hope save money.*****I also meant to post this last week and forgot. I recently sent my tostonera to Hilah Johnson -- my favorite YouTube chef -- to see what she could do with it. Heres her video. Good stu...

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Make a shishi odoshi fountain

The first time I saw a shishi-odoshi was in the movie Kill Bill. I didnt know what it was or that it is also called a "deer scarer", intended to frighten deer and birds from crops with its slow, rhythmic knocking.Last month I picked up a bunch of bamboo that my sons theater didnt need any longer and have been thinking about something to make with it ever since. This was...

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Jadwiga Jankowska woodworker

I recently heard from Andrzej Jankowski who, about a year ago, sent over some wonderful bandsaw boxes he made. Andy has just started woodturning, and wanted to show me some of what he has already completed. Looks like hes had better luck at making spinning tops than me!But what really fascinated me were pictures of his mother, Jadwiga Jankowska, who was the first woman carpenter...

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Full sized Halloween coffin

Nighthawk, from New Zealand, sent over pictures of his Halloween project. This is really cool. Check out his web site to see the complete build. Cree...

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2012 Christmas Decor Ideas

Hey there!  I finished up our Christmas decor this past weekend.  Actually, its been finished since Thanksgiving but it took me this long to photograph and blog about it.  Oh how I wish the Holidays could be less busy and more relaxing.....  :)This year for the living room I seemed to be drawn to a campy, rustic cabin decor.  Mostly because of that...

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