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Sunday, February 23, 2014

YOU ASKED MY OPINION II angelas request

Hi, !

I follow your blog and love your design esthetic. You are amazing!!

How about a little free advice?

Attached is a picture of a headboard that I purchased to have painted,

a picture (closeup detail and nightstand) that shows
my existing furniture that I’d like to have the
headboard blend with,

and a picture of a “painted headboard” that is just an idea.

The new headboard has some details that I think are
fabulous and “match” well with my existing
furniture. I’m just not sure how to make everything
fit together and look like they fit and still be
FAB!!Idea…help?Angela

First I would start by lifting the headboard by
adding legs or planning to mount it on the wall
with a french cleat. We wouldnt want all that
gorgeous detail hidden behind pillows.

Legs French cleat

Then I would fill in the bottom space with another piece

of wood. This is where the pillows can rest against.

The scrolling detail of these headboards are

commonly made of extruded foam, so you cant sand

them, you cant stain them but you can paint them.

Ive painted them before,

it is easiest to take it outside and spray them.

If you want to match your other furniture more.

Rather then using a white or cream color,

Varathane has a spray stain & poly in-one

which I have used. The cabernet color seen below.

Your dry time would be several days if not a week to

ensure a good bond and finish. I vote for a cream color for more drama.

A beach mat could be used to make panels for the

inset sections

This would mimic the textured feel of the

inspiration photo below.

Then the matting could be stained a rich dark

walnut to tie into the other furniture in the room.

Alternatively a fabric could be used here too.

A faux nailhead trim could be glued around the inset

panels to further mimic the existing furnitures metal features.

If anyone has other suggestions plz comment below

as Angela Im sure would love to read them.

YOU ASKED MY OPINION I can be found here

YOU ASKED MY OPINION III can be found here

*** Interested in finding sources for the few inspiration photos used in this post,

right click the photo and in google image search use the file name listed under properties to search each pic.

Thursday, February 6, 2014

A fotografia no meus trabalhos The photography in my work

Com a necessidade de mostrar os meus trabalhos online, através de fotografias, nasceu em mim a curiosidade na arte de fotografar. Como em todo o meu trabalho e técnicas que utilizo, pesquisei na Internet o tema fotografia de produto.

Estas são as minhas primeiras tentativas de fotografar algumas das minhas peças, utilizando uma Lightbox e a minha Canon 300D. Ainda tenho muito que aprender....

With the need to show my work online, from photographs, was born in me a curiosity in the art of photography. As in all my work and techniques that I use, I searched on theInternet, the subject product photography.

These are my first attempts at photographing some of my pieces, using a lightbox and my Canon 300D. I still have much to learn ....

Wednesday, February 5, 2014

I made my first picture frame!

My wife made a new chore chart for the family out of a piece of 20"x30" foam board and asked me how we should hang it on the wall. Ive been looking for an excuse to make a picture frame so I told her that I would take care of it. She had already decorated the board and the writing at the top was all the way to the edge so I had to come up with a way to frame it. My answer was to make a groove on the front of the board and just inset it in. This made the job a little harder because I had to make that groove perfect to fit the board. I just took my time and made several small cuts and inched up on it and I think that it turned out really good.

I used 2 pieces of 1x2 furring strips that I had sitting in the garage. They only cost 75¢ each so I wasnt too worried about wasting them.

The furring strips were 8 feet long so I cut 2 pieces at 35" and 2 at 26" on the miter saw to have some room for mistakes.

I labeled all the good sides so that I would know which face to use.

I used my router table with a 3/8" straight bit to cut the groove for the foam board to sit in.

I made the groove with several shallow passes.

My wife didnt like how wide the furring strip was so I made the groove wider rather then trying to rip the pieces into a smaller width.

I cut an extra bottom/top piece just in case and then sanded them all smooth.

I cut the outside edge using a Roman OG bit. I tried it at a couple of different depths until I found the profile that I liked. I ended up going with the one on the right.

It looks like a good fit to me!

I try to label everything that I can so that I can keep everything straight in my head.

I made marks on the boards for the mitered angles on the ends to make sure that I cut them in the right direction.

I made all the cuts at a 45 degree angle.

Heres the first cut!

I clamped the 2 pieces together and set the foam board in so that I could check the fit and mark where I needed to make the next cuts.

I put the frame together using glue

and brad nails.

I checked the inside of the frame for square and it looked good.

I also put 2 staples in the back of each corner just to play it safe.

I applied 2 coats of polyurethane with a light sanding between each coat.

I marked the top for center

and hammered in a simple hanger. (I cant think of the name of it right now)

I used hot glue on the back of the board to attach it to the frame.

Here is the completed board hanging in our kitchen.

Thursday, January 23, 2014

Installing my new vise

I bought a vise at Harbor Freight with another 20% off coupon. Its another one of those small projects that
ended up being more work than I expected.
Its not the best one in the world but it is definitely better than no vise. I hate having no vises....

The clamping mechanism ended up being a little smaller than I expected.

I placed the vice in position and marked where the lower clamp needed to go in.

The lower mech is 1" wide so I used a 1.25" Forstner bit to make a hole.

I opened the bottom with my cordless jigsaw.

I tried to square it off with my jigsaw and then a file. I put a corded jigsaw on my Christmas list along with a dado set for my tablesaw.

This is what it looks like from the inside.

I screwed in a piece of 2x4 to brace the part where I cut and to have extra support for where I screw vice down into the top of the workbench.

I predrilled the mounting holes down into the extra 2x4 brace.

Not neccessarily my cleanest install but it will do the job.

I pre drilled the holes into the 2x4 brace but not into the the workbench itself. This bit shattered when the screw hit the workbench wood. I drilled out the remaining 3 holes into the workbench and had no more issues.

Installed and ready for use. I am debating on whether I want to mount some pieces of wood to the inside of the vice or not. I will probably end up doing it just because I get bored.