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Building a Dog Gate on the Stairs
Ice Storm Photos
A few days ago our island was hit by an ice storm. It pretty well closed down everything for the day and coated everything with a thick layer of ice. We were fortunate, but many people were without electricity for a couple days. Many tree limbs came down, including quite a few from the old maple tree in front of my shop. I took some photos which I’ll share here.
Shiplap – make your own!
Thanks to Joanna Gaines of HGTV’s “Fixer Upper,” everyone seems to want shiplap in their houses!
Doll Cradle
A local woman came into my shop a few weeks ago asking if I could make a doll cradle for her granddaughter. She also brought in an old cradle that was similar, but smaller than the one she wanted. I just made the parts so that the cradle would fit the little girl’s favourite doll.
O come let us adore Him
O Holy Night and today this one is “O come let us adore Him.”
O Holy Night
I’ve been working on a few things for Christmas time. This is something I made after buying a battery powered string of lights and wanting to use it on some type of wall décor.
Fixing an Old Chair
I have been working on a chair for someone who spends her summers here on Prince Edward Island. The chair belonged to her grandmother and doesn’t have “antique” value but does have sentimental value. Apparently my customer’s previous dog didn’t know that because he chewed on the arms. Here’s one:
So I bought some maple and traced the two arms on it and then cut them out with my jigsaw. (The notch at the back is to hold a cross piece that the back of the seat rests against.)
The previous photo, as well as the next one shows the two arms back to back and stuck together with carpet tape. That helped me to get them the same shape and then I could round off the top edges on my router.
I then had to drill holes for the screws and still need to make some plugs to cover the screw heads. What I’m working on right now is wood slats on the bottom to replace the old springs and metal straps under the seat cushion area. Then I have to prime and paint the whole chair. The customer has decided on a bright green.
I’ll post more later when I get further along.