After the cutting and building in Part 1, I was ready to start assembling the main structure of the bed. The only difficult part of this was managing the weight of the pieces, luckily, my Dad was still visiting and helped me hold things in place. We built a second jig, matching the one that Read More >>
We have 4 kids and 4 bedrooms. One of those rooms is for Mommy and Daddy, one is for our daughter, and one is a guest room. So, the 4th bedroom will eventually house 3 boys (I could almost hear you gasp…) Right now, my older two sons (5 1/2 and 2 1/2 years) are sharing it, and my youngest (4 months) won’t move in there for quite a while. We’ve known for a while that bunk beds were in our future, and in my normal style, I wanted to make them rather than buy them. I’ve spent months thinking, researching and looking for inspiration, but after my youngest was born, I thought it was time to really get the project in motion. Read More >>
My kids LOVE animals, and we try to encourage that love in any way that we can. We’ve got multiple aquariums, multiple dogs, multiple cats… you get the point. Our neighborhood has a ton of trees, so we also have a lot of birds, squirrels, and BATS! We can walk around a night and just see them buzzing overhead, it’s pretty awesome. Read More >>
I went for a run today. Running is great for me to process my backlog of thoughts. When I run, I’m free to think (which also takes my mind off of running.. neat.) I usually run through a few different neighborhoods that are close to my house. In these neighborhoods, I’ll occasionally pass another runner Read More >>
Yet another thing on my long, long “to do someday” list.. a COMPOSTER!! This has been one of those projects that I kept thinking was a good idea, but not a priority. Also, I didn’t have a great use for the soil that it would produce. Now that I’m being very intentional about this blog Read More >>
Our coat rack died. After years of service, it just gave in to the weight of coats and hats for 4 kids and 2 adults (and countless visitors). RIP coat rack.. you were handy. Anyway, moving on.. so, we needed a new coat rack recently, and I set out to build one. On a Read More >>
For years now, SketchUp has been an item on one of my lists, specifically the (VERY LONG) “Things to learn eventually” list. It’s been on that list because, although several people have told me how great and simple it was, I’ve never had a great need for 3d modeling things. My art school days taught Read More >>
My good friend Bert found a cool old Wurlitzer “Funmaker Custom” organ at a Goodwill a while back, and I had him pick it up for me ($50!!) I’ve used it on several of my videosongs and really enjoy playing it. The one problem I’d found with it, was that although it had 2 15″ speakers built Read More >>
So, my “workshop/lab” is actually a multipurpose room.. as in workshop, office, music studio, laundry room, storage room, stroller parking, etc..
Therefore, it’s FULL of stuff, and I often reorganize the space to make it most efficient for what I need at the moment. I’d been wanting a more functional and versatile work table for quite a while. I have a giant desk, but I wanted something as a work surface.. something I could paint on, drill on, etc. I also had 2 separate workbenches, at different height levels, up against a wall, under storage cabinets, which limited their usefulness. Read More >>
photo by Amy Lind Read More >>