Oh how very excited I have been to get to this day:-) We went from this… (150-year-old wormy chestnut off my great grandmother’s little guest house) …and this to this:-) It all started when the…
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 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…
View PostEven though the weather looked like rain, we were able to take all the wormy chestnut boards we needed for the counters today before the sky opened up. It’s amazing how something that seems so…
View PostI thought I would share with you all what I have shared on my facebook page this week in case you missed it. First up…my “Thrift” is absolutely gorgeous this year and smells so fragrant.…
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