You determined the correct size to build your door, and you built it. Now it’s time to hang it. Here’s how I made a simple door jamb, added hinges and installed the door: Tools Router (I use this one) Mortising Template (I bought this one which has everything you need, including the bit, to route matching mortises for …
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Making a Solid Core Two Panel Shaker Style Door You’ve calculated the dimensions for your new door and door frame, now it’s time for the fun part–building it! Materials (2) 2×6 x10-foot (1) 4×8’ sheet of ¼” hardboard Wood glue Primer & Paint Paintable Caulk Tools Table Saw Miter Saw Router (I use this one) …
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Let’s see how much we have in common: Your home came with standard, boring, hollow-core doors You LOVE paneled, shaker style doors, and think that solid core doors are the way to go You’ve priced out replacing all of your boring, hollow doors with beautiful, solid doors, then a small part of you died when …
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Earlier this year, somewhere in the midst of my pinterest-inspiration-browsing-sessions, I began to fall in love with the look of copper pipe, twisted and bent into abstract sculptures. At the same time, I was also learning how to make my own lights and lamps. So, of course, the two obsessions combined into one crazy project–the …
This super simple, made-from-scrap, DIY taper jig for your table saw can be put together in well under an hour. Materials 3/4″ plywood (at least ~six inches longer and wider that the piece of wood you are cutting) with straight, squared edges Two strips of 3/4″ plywood (one roughly the length of the piece you …
Anyone else have a shoe problem? Shoe problem, as in, shoes, shoes shoes . . . all over the place? Years ago I bought the shoe cabinet below to in an attempt to keep them organized. That was when we were a family of four. Seven years later we’re a family of six and this …
Clutter. Yuck. I hate it! It’s not unusual to find me filling up boxes of unwanted items to toss into the trash, give away, or drop at goodwill. I just really don’t like having too much stuff hanging around the house, and when it starts piling up, my stress levels start rising. When it comes to …
A few years ago I heard the advice–in regards to woodworking–to finish your project before starting a new one. It’s advice I typically try to follow, but when I was invited to be part of the #WoodArtChallenge with a talented group of bloggers, I decided I’d stop mid-shoe-cabinet-making and participate. Of course. 🙂 The challenge? …
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I recently built Jim a floating nightstand for a Valentine’s Day present. It’s a very simple piece with clean lines and a modern look and I was hoping to find knobs for the drawers that were similarly simple and modern. But I COULD NOT find what I was looking for, even after spending almost an …
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One of the elements I love most about a well-designed room is great lighting. Lately I’ve been obsessing over shiny copper light fixtures . . . but ouch . . . those price tags! $150? $275? 350? Sigh. At the beginning of the year I set off to see if I could make a stylish, …
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