60” Pedestal Table
We decided our dining room table could use an upgrade to seat more people for dinner (and of course, for board games). So with limited space in the dining room, we went with a 60” diameter table with a pedestal base. The top is made out of poplar with a weathered gray finish, and the base is douglas fir painted white. It was my first real experience with making multiple circular cuts and nearly resulted in disaster, but with a little patience and some spare wood, I was able to get flush fits.
Boardgame Table
As most projects go, this started as a simple idea that was to use only scrap wood. As I was working on it, I got more and more ideas and it evolved into quite a beast. I ended up satisfied, but it was so heavy and impractical that it turned out to be just a stepping stone for creating the pedestal table. To add some flare to project, I burned maps of Westeros, Middle Earth, and Houston.
Modern Industrial HiFi
Another isolation project. Drew up the plans myself. Made out of Maple, Walnut, and steel pipes.
Office Makeover
The whole house is basically an ongoing project of slowly replacing Ikea furniture with homemade pieces. For the desk we used a slab of cherry with hairpin legs. The shelves are cherry stained pine with steel pipe supports.
Coffee Table
This was probably my favorite simple project. I just did some trig to figure out the lengths of the 2x12s and did two cuts. Then sanded, stained, and pollied. Also I painted the steel pipes black.
Outdoor Bar
This was the first project I did in our new house. Sarah was gone one weekend, and I was bored, so I decided to completely redo the bar top. Ended up pretty happy with the results.