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I love cooking as much as I enjoy eating. I made these kabob skewers yesterday, and got to try them out today. I'm not psychic, but I predict more of these in my future. I remember seeing people in Thailand cooking chicken satay skewed on 3 sticks, and got to thinking. This is what I've come up...

I built this office set for the inglenook in our 100 year old farmhouse. The pieces are stained dark to match the trim in the house. I used pine lumber from home depot for its rustic appeal. There are a lot of imperfections in the wood and I didn't bother to fill or repair them. The main...

I finished my farmhouse / harvest trestle table for our family kitchen!!! My goal was to have it done by thanksgiving. It was done but the top was still in the workshop and we ended up eating at the relatives house so it wasn't needed for thanksgiving dinner. My wife helped my bring the top in...

I made these silly little trophies for a curling get together my wife and I had with some friends. We brought a few of our couple friends out to try curling. Those of you in or near Canada probably know what curling is. If not, pay attention to the upcoming Winter Olympics. We had a brief...

Another recycling project. I get these tables from a junk dealer for $10 to $20 in poor condition and refurbish them with an antique aged finish and resell them for $200 to $300. Many of the tops are parquet so I disguise them with a faux finish and clearcoat steelwooled to a satin sheen. I add...

A local boutique needed a harvest table but couldn't afford my real ones so I bought this veneered mdf table from a junk dealer for twenty bucks, faux finished it and sold it for two hundred dollars. It took about ten hours to complete over two days, mixing with other work. The pie safe is mine...

Build Instructions: http://www.instructables.com/id/Harvest-Basket-Garden-Trug/ Video of Build: This is a simple design built from reclaimed wood and purchased ¼" wood slats. It cost very little and only took a couple of hours to complete the build. The goal was light weight, shallow and...

This is a 2-1/8" thick live edge table with an envirotex finish for our dining room. I made benches to match but photos are not here. It has some nice color near the sap wood. The benches don't have the darker colors and I used a satin finish for them.

Here is a farmhouse style table I just completed for stock It is 30"H x 36"W x 84"L, made from "wormy" reclaimed urban white oak, poplar and maple turned legs. The legs are attached with intersecting haunched mortise and tenons. The stretchers are attached with half blind dovetails. I...

Here is a rustic table I recently made for stock. Built from 2" thick reclaimed old growth material salvaged from Chicago rehab projects. The legs are made from a 3.75" barn post. Everything held together with mortise and tenon joinery, and finished with 3 coats of EmTech 8000cv. Simple table...

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