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Hey y’all!I hope everyone has stayed safe during the pandemic. It appears as though LeAnn and I had it back in March. (which is cool because I had FOMO on this historic event) My doctor at the VA monitored our symptoms by phone, but it was only a few days of fever, body aches, loss… Continue reading All Cooped Up
(In our last post on installing our new flooring, you may remember the corner cabinet that I told you to forget about until I posted how I made it. Well, this is it). We've always loved the built-in corner cabinets we see in older houses, and we knew one would be perfect in the corner… Continue reading Gotcha Cornered ~or~ Papered Plates
Hey Y'all, Last time, I left you hanging about our new floors, but first I'll fill you in on a couple of other projects that went on before we put them down. Mom had somewhere between 3,500 and 4,500 books in the house and most of them were in the hall by the dining room.… Continue reading Getting Down On All Floors
(Please note: We haven't been paid, reimbursed, gifted products, or otherwise influenced in this review. Our opinions are our own. Thank you!!!) We'd been making furniture, way back when, and at some point, LeAnn wanted to try painting some furniture we'd found. Having quit my regular job due to my illness, we were on a… Continue reading Our First Time Using Annie Sloan
Whenever we have a piece of furniture with drawers, there's a 99.9% chance that at least one of them will have loose joints. The most common types of these joints are called dovetails, (see photo below) but most of the other types of joints you'll run into can be repaired similarly to what I'm gonna… Continue reading How To Fix a Drawer
When posting photos of my shop or projects-in-progress on Instagram and Facebook, the questions I'm asked most are about my clamps. Every craftsperson from woodworkers to furniture painters knows there are never enough clamps. If you're just starting out, the first thing you find out is that clamps can be expensive. So how do you… Continue reading My Favorite Clamps
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