Here's a close up of the legs that I made out of railing balusters.
Close up of the twisted moulding I added.
That's all I have for now. Have a great day!
Jennifer
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Tuesday, February 19, 2013
A Little White Table
I'm still on vacation but taking a break from skiing today. I want to share one of my latest projects with you. I built this little white table using scrap wood, moulding and railing balusters for the legs. I have so much fun building these little tables because each one is unique and I never quite know how it is going to turn out while I'm building it. Here she is all finished and styled in my entry way. Let me just mention here that what you don't see is the other four little tables I have scattered about my entry way and living room waiting to be sold or photographed. I do have a tiny little problem with separation anxiety when I have to take these to the antique mall or shop I sell at to be sold so sometimes they start to pile up!
Saturday, February 9, 2013
My Newest Venture
So I haven't posted for over a year. I really need to get better at this blogging stuff. I've been very busy over the past year with my furniture and creative projects. My furniture painting has slowly turned into furniture building. I started running out of things to paint and the pickings at the thrift stores and yard sales were getting slimmer and slimmer due to more people doing what I do. One day I was looking through blogs and stumbled across Ana White's amazing blog. Ana is a mom and wife living in Alaska that builds her own furniture and has an awesome blog with free furniture plans on it. Years ago I had found I really liked building and using tools while doing some small projects around my house and when I stumbled on Ana's blog it just seemed like the natural thing to do. I started with one of her projects about two months ago and now I'm hooked on building furniture!
My first project from Ana's blog was a flip top console table. My husband and I followed Ana's instructions and built it in a couple hours. What a sense of accomplishment! Here's a photo of it at the store where I consign at, Eco Chic Boutique in Fargo, North Dakota.
My first project from Ana's blog was a flip top console table. My husband and I followed Ana's instructions and built it in a couple hours. What a sense of accomplishment! Here's a photo of it at the store where I consign at, Eco Chic Boutique in Fargo, North Dakota.
When I bring pieces in to consign Eco Chic takes a photo and posts it on their Facebook page. This time they posted the photo and within an hour someone had called in and bought it over the phone! Boy was that an ego booster and just the motivation I needed to build some more.
Since this first piece I have been making my own designs using Ana's general building instructions and I'm having so much fun doing it! Thank you Ana White!
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Friday, September 9, 2011
Show and Tell
It's funny, when I was a child I would get so excited for show and tell and make sure I had the perfect item to bring, however, when it was time and the teacher asked, "Who has something for show and tell?", I would never raise my hand. I got cold feet.
I kind of feel the same way when it comes to posting photos of my work on Facebook or on my blogs. Because of this, I tend to put off posting and go for months sometimes with no posts.
I am going to be more fearless. I love to get the feedback and validation that my stuff is "good enough". So here are some photos of recent work.
Comments are much appreciated and enjoyed! Have a great weekend!
Jennifer
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