06-01-2017, 06:59 PM
My nephew and his lovely bride just moved into their new house. The first family gathering revealed a need for many new things so I made them an entry bench for putting on and taking off shoes.
As they are near the beach, I went with the muted blue paint and some old looking wood. The old wood is actually cutoffs from an earlier project made to look old with a powder product found at Rockler. I'll post the name when I get back to a computer. It's a powder mixed with water and turns wood grey.
So I bought a glued up pine panel from Lowes and used that for dimensions. Some ship lap joints cut on the dado saw, poplar framing, and some nails/glue and we're done! This is a surprise, so don't tell 'em. If they don't like it, I'll use it. It was fun making an "old" piece because I didn't do any worry about getting everything smooth (except the top), ridding the pieces of scratches, or insisting upon super-clean joinery.
It's just a bench, 21H x 18 x 36.
As they are near the beach, I went with the muted blue paint and some old looking wood. The old wood is actually cutoffs from an earlier project made to look old with a powder product found at Rockler. I'll post the name when I get back to a computer. It's a powder mixed with water and turns wood grey.
So I bought a glued up pine panel from Lowes and used that for dimensions. Some ship lap joints cut on the dado saw, poplar framing, and some nails/glue and we're done! This is a surprise, so don't tell 'em. If they don't like it, I'll use it. It was fun making an "old" piece because I didn't do any worry about getting everything smooth (except the top), ridding the pieces of scratches, or insisting upon super-clean joinery.
It's just a bench, 21H x 18 x 36.