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Back in the shop

It is hard to believe, but it has been 20 months since I have posted anything on the website. First of all, I want to say that I have...

Laundry Cabinets

For those of you who wonder what I have been doing since my last post, I have been hard at work renovating the condo in Oshkosh that we...

It's Done!

Here is the completed sofa table in the back of my truck ready for delivery to Nick and Samantha. After 8 months and 86 1/4 hours in the...

Sofa Table- Base Assembly

This is the end result of the process and now I will show you how I got there. Before I get into the assembly process, I want to point...

Sofa Table - Pre Assembly Finishing

Another long lapse since the last post because we are getting back at least part of our pre COVID life. Our travels have included a long...

It's here!

I guess I should say they're here. Last April when our house was featured on American Bungalow magazine, we ordered 2 plaques to...

Sofa table - milling the parts

This picture shows the result of milling of the all the parts and dry fitting them together. I will go into the details of how I created...

Sofa Table, the beginning

For this project, I decided that I would post a series of blogs documenting the process of building a project from the very beginning to...

Small projects

What I have found is that small projects can bring a lot of satisfaction, provide further learning experiences and. use a whole lot less...

Renovated Bathroom

Like a lot of people staying home during the pandemic, we started looking around the house and finding areas that could use some...

Reclaimed Lumber Butterfly Leaf Dinning Room Table

When our son and daughter in law in Oshkosh had their third child, I realized the the little IKEA table we had in our condo was too small...

Waterfall edge benches

This is a 5 foot wide bench that I made for Luke and his very modern house. For some reason, all of our children want you to take off...

Modern Table

You might ask why did a woodworker that loves to build Arts and Crafts furniture build a sleek modern dining room table? The answer is...

Lamp Post

The lamp and lamp post we had installed when we built the house was looking sad and tiny so I decided last fall to upgrade both the lamp...

Classic Arts and Crafts Sideboard

I knew the minute I saw this sideboard on the cover of the June 2015 cover of Fine Woodworking that I wanted to build it. Up to then,...

Shoptalk - No Shop, No Problem

I built this walnut bed from plans in Woodsmith Magazine and needed a bedside table for a lamp. I also wanted to learn more about...

Adding Built ins to a 1930 bungalow

Making it look original Our youngest son bought a 1930's bungalow with a fireplace that just screamed for cabinets so I decided to build...

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