Rust and Rigor

Here's a few pics of the Noah's Ark toy I made for Zephyr.

Here is the second shelving unit I built for Blackbird Attic Boutique

Custom shelving unit I just built this week for Blackbird Attic Boutique . All of the shelves as well as the pegboard are interchangeable to create a limitless variation of display options. The pegboard itself is handmade as well. This was a super fun project and one of 2 custom shelving units I built for the store.

Finally had some time to do a much needed update on our upstairs bathroom. I painted the vanity and mirror because both were really starting to show wear. I added a whitewashed shiplap accent wall as well as some custom floating shelving above the toilet. Made a simple pipe towel rack and toilet paper holder, and painted the back wall black. Fixed an electric issue as well. Took a bit of time, but all and all a pretty simple reno.

We have so many plants and we were running out of window sill space to put them. We have really deep windows in the kitchen so I thought it might be cool to make some sort of custom shelving that slides into the window opening but still allows the windows to be open and shut. the shelving is 4 inches deep to match the window opening and I made the bottom shelf 8 inches to allow for larger potted plants.

This project was a beast, but I'm proud to say I did it all on my own from demo to install. I really have to get better at taking before pics. My old walkway was concrete slab that was cracking and crumbling. Sadly I couldn't get the plate compactor in my car (I really need a truck) So I had to hand tamp everything which took hours. But after all the excavating, laying gravel, hand tamping, paver cutting and install, laying sand, it was well worth it.

Quite possibly my quickest build to date. I've had this workbench base for over a year and couldn't figure out what I wanted to do with it. Recently I spotted my neighbor was throwing out an old chippy paint door, and after one cut it fit the base perfect. After a heavy clear coat and some screws, this table was finished!

Finished this custom high striker height chart a few weeks ago and hung it along with the custom funhouse mirror in the nursery, now I'm starting to get jealous of this kids room.

Really digging the lines of this chair I picked up at the flea a few weeks ago. Very slight repair job to do on this one, then just a simple refinish on the wood. Cushions are in surprisingly good shape and are nice and firm. Will hopefully have updated pics soon once I get working on it.

Making a custom growth chart that resembles the high striker game at the carnival. Also revisited the funhouse mirror. I wasn't happy with the reflectivity of stuff I was using so I opted for mirrored mosaic tiles instead. It's a totally different effect but is way more fun now.