Welcoming the season with new candles…
I don’t know about you all, but I *love* scented candles in my home — especially in the fall and winter. What I don’t love is trying new scents and being disappointed. I cannot tell…
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I don’t know about you all, but I *love* scented candles in my home — especially in the fall and winter. What I don’t love is trying new scents and being disappointed. I cannot tell…
View PostTry to cut off the water with three children at home and you will know why we waited for the first day of school to put in the countertop. We started bright and early cutting…
View PostI am SO excited to be featured over at Pamela’s blog, From My Front Porch to Yours! Go by to see how I found my style in this house… How I Found My Style Sundays…
View PostBurlap has been pretty hot lately so I wanted to share some of my favorite projects with you…especially since you are probably tired of seeing me in the wood shop:-) My very first project was…
View PostI agonized for days over what kind (water or oil-based) and color of finish to use on the wormy chestnut countertops. I made a lot of samples with extra wood. Remember I wanted light white…
View PostThe countertop building continued today as we got all the boards glued and clamped. My countertop is really taking shape now! Luis marked the places he wanted to add biscuits on both sides of each…
View PostYesterday, we started trying to figure out how to get these joints square without a jointer. You can see the big gap we had between the boards, and we had to get that closed up. …
View PostLet me warn you now, this is not going to be pretty. But if you want to learn to make countertops the hard way, this post is for you:-) We started the day with our…
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