Lane Cedar Chest Repair & Refinish
Mark Bronkalla We were given an old Lane cedar chest by a friend with the intention that it would go to my grand-daughter Hadley. It had a lot of promise with an…
Woodworking
Amelia’s bed completion
The bed platform provides the storage and raises the mattress to normal bed height. There is no box spring used. The platform is made up of: Toe kick / base…
A bed for Amelia
My grand-daughter Amelia has grown to the point where she needs to move from crib to bed. Her new bed design is a blend of Isla’s Bed and her older…
A dresser for Hadley
My grand-daughter Hadley needed a new dresser. Her old one was “commandeered” to use for her baby brother. The dresser needed to fit a rather narrow space in her room.…
Elegant Step Stools
Not every woodworking project needs to be a multi-week adventure. Sometimes something simple is needed. In this case it is some step stools. We now have 7 grandchildren ranging form…
Doll Cribs
Our grand-daughters are at the age where they love to play with dolls. They are infatuated with the American Girl style 20″ dolls, now adding the American Girl Bitty Baby…
Isla’s Bed – Completion
After staining, I waited a couple of weeks to let the stain fully dry. The reason being that the gel stain used is oil based and with the winter weather,…
Isla’s Bed – Staining
This is another project where I am finishing first and assembling the completely finished pieces. This avoids issues with glue squeeze out and having to sand inside corners (which I…
Isla’s Bed – Tenons and End Panels
With the mortises complete, it is time to start on the tenons. Now is the time that careful stock prep and thickness planing will start to pay off. The cross…
Isla’s Bed Stock Prep and Joinery
The seemingly boring part of the project is preparing the stock. This includes cutting to rough length, jointing the faces, planing both sides, jointing a clean edge. Finally, ripping to…