I made a gate! Two, technically. I had never built a gate before, but I built a double gate with an arbor for my backyard.
My DIY Garbage House
Garbage bins are a necessary part of life, but that doesn’t mean we want to look at them all the time. Learn how to hide yours away with a sturdy and stylish trash enclosure, complete with a green roof planter.
Make a Tabletop Plant Stand
Learn how to make a mini tabletop plant stand.
DIY Live-Edge Wood Bench with Hairpin Legs
You know how sometimes often you have no actual meal planned, but you’re hungry, so you cobble together a delicious dish from left over bits? This live-edge wood bench with hairpin legs is the furniture version of that meal. I haven’t quite decided yet whether to put it in front of the window, or at the end of […]
Inspiring Women Woodworkers
Have you ever seen a DIYer post a project where she gets to a step that uses power tools, and points out that her husband, boyfriend, or father, did that part for her? It always frustrates me when I see that, because it perpetuates the stereotype that power tools, and woodworking in general, are for men. If […]
Friday Favorites: 5 Wood Projects for the Home
Next week we’ll be moving into a house in Portland, but we have hardly any furniture since we got rid of most it when we moved across the country at the end of the year. We’ll also have a backyard for the first time, plus access to my parents’ power tools, so this week I […]