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Category Archives: Furniture
This Old Couch: Now a Bit Older
Wait. I can’t start without music to inspire me. Why is Bach next to Muddy Waters? That’s my problem–I’ve got to get these CDs organized. . . . There! Finished. Now, if I win just two more games of online Boggle, I’ll be ready to … Continue reading
Cabinet of Dreams, Part VII: If You Build It, He Will Put the TV on It
At this point in the fireplace/cabinetry project, we’d been living for over three months in the other corner of the sitting room with the television armoire in the arch leading to the dining room. We were really tired of the … Continue reading
Cabinet of Dreams, Part VI: The Tiling
We’re nearing the end of the fireplace project. Next up: tiling. There were two areas to tile for this project–the vertical fireplace tile around the surround, and the hearth tiling for the floor in front of the fireplace. Tiling the … Continue reading
Cabinet of Dreams, Part V: A Firry Tale of St Paul
I mentioned (in Cabinet of Dreams, Part III) that our decision to use Douglas fir for the whole built-in made things quite interesting at times. Well, finding a piece of wood for the upper surface of the built-in was one … Continue reading
Cabinet of Dreams, Part IV: The Building Part of the Built-In
This is the fourth in a series about making a built-in unit in our sitting room. In the last post, I talked about how we found and prepared a cabinet to use as part of the built-in. Now it was … Continue reading
Cabinet of Dreams, Part III: You Don’t Know What You’ve Got Until You Clean the Basement
Previously on D’oh, we decided to build cabinetry and a fireplace in our sitting room. I talked about choosing the fire and surround in Part II. With an electric firebox picked out, we turned our attention to building the cabinetry. … Continue reading
Cabinet of Dreams, Part I: Genesis
My dreams will go unfulfilled? I don’t like the sound of that one bit. – Homer Simpson When we bought this house it ticked most of our boxes. The only box left unticked was the one next to “Fireplace.” But … Continue reading
Getting Crumbs All Over the Furniture
Let that be a lesson to the rest of you nuts! – Chief Wiggum I recently compared walnuts against stain markers for furniture touch-ups, and was pleasantly surprised to find that walnuts came out on top. My headboard test areas … Continue reading
The Affray Near The Duvet
THE BOUT TO KNOCK THE OTHER GUY OUT – Tatum-Watson Fight, The Simpsons We pick up most of our furniture a bit at a time. One example is the headboard in Ben’s room. I found it at Marva’s Place in … Continue reading
It’s Hard Out There For a Couch
Marge: Once we get the cats out of the way, it won’t be too bad. Real Estate Agent: Actually, according to the will, the cats own the house. – The Simpsons Remember the slipcover project? That I was going to finish in January? I haven’t … Continue reading
