I made this built-in desk(for a computer) and these two nightstands for the upstairs of a restored cabin outside of Spring City. It took a lot of work and I learned a lot, they are spoke shaved, distressed, but not glazed so that saved a lot of time. I also took some pictures of the cabin because I absolutely fell in love with the place. We did the furniture and kitchen cabinets in this home. This cabin is cozy, cute, and inviting.
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Monday, October 25, 2010
Spring City house bathroom hutch and cupboard thing finally done
Bathroom hutch in the master bath
Cupboard thingy thing up in the bathroom above the garage
The projects before glazing
These are actually the first projects I did without any help in this shop since I started working there. The boss just gave me the plans and I built them. Took me like 2 and a half weeks to build and a week to paint and glaze. They look pretty and I should feel proud of myself. The lady should come down to her house on Wednesday and see how she likes them. I'm crossing my fingers, well the husband saw them and said he liked them so that's a good sign. The reason why it took me a week to paint because I carefully painted the moldings with different colors with different colors stroking inside the lines, green and brown. This is called sheer art. Everything is pretty strong too because the doors and face frames were put together by tenon and mortise joints which took me a while to make but it's worth it! Everything is all spoke shaved and distressed to make them look old. Today I started on more projects for a lady in Spring City also, a built-in desk in a corner and two night stands. They are going to be in a restored cabin out in a farm where she lives. It's exciting! I did do two shelf cabinet things for her laundry room a few months back, also my boss did her kitchen and china hutch before I started working there. I like recent customers! The Campbell's are recent customers too, we did their kitchen and laundry room. The kitchen is in the 1st picture in the last post in this blog.
Cupboard thingy thing up in the bathroom above the garage
The projects before glazing
These are actually the first projects I did without any help in this shop since I started working there. The boss just gave me the plans and I built them. Took me like 2 and a half weeks to build and a week to paint and glaze. They look pretty and I should feel proud of myself. The lady should come down to her house on Wednesday and see how she likes them. I'm crossing my fingers, well the husband saw them and said he liked them so that's a good sign. The reason why it took me a week to paint because I carefully painted the moldings with different colors with different colors stroking inside the lines, green and brown. This is called sheer art. Everything is pretty strong too because the doors and face frames were put together by tenon and mortise joints which took me a while to make but it's worth it! Everything is all spoke shaved and distressed to make them look old. Today I started on more projects for a lady in Spring City also, a built-in desk in a corner and two night stands. They are going to be in a restored cabin out in a farm where she lives. It's exciting! I did do two shelf cabinet things for her laundry room a few months back, also my boss did her kitchen and china hutch before I started working there. I like recent customers! The Campbell's are recent customers too, we did their kitchen and laundry room. The kitchen is in the 1st picture in the last post in this blog.
Friday, October 8, 2010
Hutch and cabinet...
Top part of hutch
These are the projects I am currently working on and this is how far I got after two weeks. I am making some kind of hutch and a cabinet for somebody's house in Spring City. The projects will be painted with a glaze on them. They are distressed, to look old(hitting the furniture with rocks and a crescent wrench). I am currently doing these without supervision, well...maybe a little bit of supervision but for sure I am doing all the work myself, making the doors and everything. I am using all the skills my bosses taught me in the last 5 months since working there. Well, doing something all by myself sure makes it funner, instead of helping out. It makes my mind more focused on the project more instead of asking the boss "what should I do next". I have more projects to do after these. It's been fun.
Most of the projects I did...
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