I posted these pics in the “What did you do today” thread, but I thought it might make a thread of it’s own. Do you ever do funky projects to use up leftovers?
I got the urge to use up a bunch of trim & misc. wood that has accumulated in the shop. I had enough random stuff to trim the windows in the family room & dining room.
The stuff is left over from about 10 different jobs, is five different colors, and is a crazy combination of maple, cherry, poplar, & pine. Cabinet tall fillers, lightrail, crown, & base turned into window trim. The price was right.
Two more rooms are trimmed now & DW has improved her disposition.
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Dat beats heck outta MDF. Fantastic!
Don't worry... DW ain't gonna be impressed enough to nookie your "Breaktime" tonight 'cause of that. They ain't programmed that way.
Troy Sprout
"Don't forget the screws"
I figured that it will all get primed and painted...so it don't matter how many different woods and colors it is. I also knew that if I waited 'til I got around to painting it all, I'd never get those windows trimmed...so painting on the wall it will be.Those window trims were 16 pieces each (with jamb extensions and returns on crown, cap, and apron)--so it took most of a day to trim 3 windows. I'll trim a big double, double-hung in the same style tomorrow.Glad you liked it. The wife is working this evening and the kids are out with friends, so it's just me and the pizza & beer tonight.
Seems like it would be a waste to paint over all that. Depending on the decor of the rest of the room, it seems like either leaving it like it is, or painting some, but not all, of the pieces would leave a really nice look.
This coming from a guy who can't match a shirt to pants . . .
Don
I kinda like it, as is too...but I'm wearing plaid pants and an old Irish pub t-shirt.Part of the problem is some yellow glazed crown on one window, cherry with yellow returns on another, etc. I'll have to think about it. I'll post pics of the final result (probably next January).
"I kinda like it, as is too...but I'm wearing plaid pants and an old Irish pub t-shirt"
I got to get the cleaner for the coffee I just spit on my screen.
Does your wife ever make you turn around to go back and change like mine does me? I'm getting better about going out in public, but around the house it's no telling what I'll answer the door in.
Wake me up before you go-go.
Yeah I did something like that when I remodeled my basement to make a game room. I would say I had left over scrap I have saved from several smal jobs that saved me half of what I would have dished out and cleaned alot of stuff out of my shop to boot.
Scott
"Reduce, Reuse, Recycle" --Jack Johnson (Curious George Soundtrack)Now I have that song in my head.
LOL!
Really nice lines - my wife wants one somewhere, but our windows are all cased - guess we'll have to add on . . .
Forrest
--"Really nice lines"That would be good to hear from anyone, from you that is quite a compliment. Your work has really great style. I enjoy seeing your pics & plans.I'm mostly just an installer of the ideas of others. I do enjoy experimenting though.
DW has improved her disposition Sounds familiar at our Casa de Renovation
If you want , I'll send you pictures of my house. As Ron White the comedian says "That'll shut her up" ;~)
BYW, I like the cherry Beitermeyer(sp?) look with the black accent
I didn't know what you meant by beitermeyer so I Googled it and got my first Google Wack, only one hit (of no relavance).Can you elaborate?My wife has been rather patient with my renovation habit. Here's the thread on that:59108.1
http://www.biedermeier.co.uk/
Oh! I get it now...half a year later. : )Thanks.
Was it worth the wait?
Sure, I've seen stuff in that syle before and it is nice to know it by name. My replication of it was rather accidental (just used material on hand)..."there is nothing new under the sun."
Little OT, but what the h@ll...
This fall I'm going to build a firewood storage shed. It'll have 2 barn doors on the front and a slider (like on Norm's New Yankwee Workshop show). (that way, I can get to both sides of the stash). I want to build it large enough to hold a cord and 1/2 of firewood. (we go thru about 1/2 a cord a year so when I'm down the the last 1/2 cord I can order another cord and have it dry in the shed for the following season. I will also make it long enough so the DW can use part of it as a garden shed.
(I need to cut 192 little block of wood (a cord being 4x4x8 ft X 1.5) to figure out the height, width and length of the wood shed part, at least.
Anyways, we redid our family room which had barn board up to chair rail height and that'll be my siding (neighbor had the same setup and he re did his so I can have his.)
joist are from when my sister built her house 15 yrs ago.
2x4's are from her house as well. (it'll be a pole barn construction)
have a stash roof shingles that should be enough.
Only thing I plan on buying is some sheathing for the roof (even have some tar paper laying around), and some screws and hardware.
Boy, this will really clear out my basement/woodworking shop!!!
http://www.grosshillrentals.com