My crafting nook and storage area has been a very long work-in-progress with lots of trial and error test runs.  It also underwent changes throughout this past year as my hobbies expanded. This is what the area looked like in 2012, untouched, and overcrowded with a lot of items the previous homeowners left behind.  This […]

We have a desk area in our kitchen with a long drawer that was a hot mess.  I couldn’t find anything in there.  Tape measures. To-go menus. Pictures. Birthday cards. Chapstick. Air fresheners. Stuff I had no idea what purpose it served.  To practice more of my woodworking skills, I decided to do a basic […]

This area of our basement is like a little nook and was originally where we stored a bunch of junk (most of it left by the previous owners).  Craigslist is a wonderful thing!  We got rid of all the miscellaneous building materials years after moving in and having not used any of it.  This was […]

I am a little late in posting this project.  I started this project in October of last year, so I still had very little woodworking practice under my belt.  My top computer desk drawer was always a mess.  Below is how it should have looked at all times, but I usually wound up throwing stuff […]

Finally!  It has taken me two weeks to complete this napkin holder, mainly because I’ve been so busy and haven’t had the time to dedicate to it.  Waiting for 3 coats of paint and 3 coats of Polycrylic to dry is what took the longest. As I mentioned in a previous post, I wanted to […]