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improving our home ... one project at a timeAndrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15800323194058802793noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5265637415303734880.post-76383604195167036632014-08-23T18:33:00.000-07:002014-08-23T18:37:12.366-07:00Animal-Proofing Seed Cans<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My wife worked at <a href="http://nashua.wbu.com/" target="_blank">Wild Birds Unlimited</a> for quite a few years before our kids were born. During that time, she got into the habit of keeping a backyard feeder for the birds, a habit that she hasn't yet gotten out of. We all actually enjoy it now, and it's fun to watch them outside the window. <br />
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Unfortunately, though, birds are not the only things that like the seed she brings home. A raccoon has recently been prowling our area, and the metal trash cans that we'd been storing the seed in got broken into, tipped over, and the contents devoured. <br />
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They were pretty basic trash cans, nothing fancy and no real latching mechanism other than the simple pressure that the lid exerts.<br />
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Amazon.com came through with some <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008POVON0/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s03?ie=UTF8&psc=1" target="_blank">basic toggle latches</a> - a pack of four was priced a little over $7.00<br />
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Installing them was pretty easy. I put the lid on the can, hooked the top of the latch to the lid, and marked out where the bottom of the attachment needed to go.<br />
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With the bottom marked, I could then pull up the top of the latch and mark the holes for my screws.<br />
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Some sheet metal screws, which I originally purchased for the ductwork in the basement, tapped through the can pretty easily. Please note: chicken bouillon container sold separately.<br />
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Once the latch is secured, the lid should attach firmly.</div>
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Doing it this way caused me some problems, though - I originally had planned to drill through and use a nut and bolt instead of the sheet metal screws, and using them left some rather sharp and dangerous-looking points on the inside of the bucket, just waiting for some unwary wrist.</div>
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I thought about cutting them off with my sawzall, but the kids were sleeping and I knew it would make a racket, so ... </div>
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I know. Kinda redneck, huh? I'm a little bit ashamed of myself, but the molly bolts left over from <a href="http://creationsbyash.blogspot.com/2014/07/fixing-wooden-train-tracks.html" target="_blank">fixing the train tracks</a> actually worked nicely. </div>
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And, the end result is a raccoon-proof seed can! </div>
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I've been trying to work on small projects lately, little things that won't take up too much time (or space) but will still give the chance for some shop time and provide something useful in return. My son is getting old enough to start washing his hands by himself after he comes in from a busy hour in the back yard, or some other equally defiling activity, but unfortunately still lacks the height he needs to reach the sink himself. <br />
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A couple of simple stools was the perfect project for me to tackle in my spare time!<br />
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My usual habit of doing a Google Image search until I find something that looks similar to what I want led me to <a href="http://jayscustomcreations.com/2014/05/pocket-hole-step-stool-2/" target="_blank">this blog post</a> about a step stool put together with pocket hole joinery. With a little adaptation to account for the materials I had on hand, the project came together quite well.<br />
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Notching the sides was easily done on the table saw. I cut the notch a little bit wider than the thickness of my rails, and then cut an angle onto the edge.<br />
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I also cut a slight angle onto the rails - the miter gauge on my table saw was adjusted to a 45 degree angle. I made one cut and then stacked the rails, mimicking the angle already cut so that everything would match.<br />
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With the angles cut into the sides (leaving enough wood under the shoulder of the notch to fully support the rail), drill pocket holes in preparation for attaching the rails.<br />
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Just for the fun of it, we decided to use milk paint! I've been reading about it for a while now, and decided that this would be a great project to see how well it works. From what I've read and seen, there can be some neat finishing techniques that you can use with this! We bought a bag from the Old Fashioned Milk Paint Company, and I mixed up half a cup of powder with half a cup of water to try it out. That was about twice as much as I actually needed to do two coats of paint on this - milk paint acts as its own primer.<br />
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I sliced free some nice sections of pallet wood that I had planed down to act as the tops, tested out a bunch of different stains, and then decided on the same Special Walnut from Minwax that I've used for just about everything else. Go figure.<br />
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In the end, though, they came out quite nicely!<br />
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<br />Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15800323194058802793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5265637415303734880.post-51361541509955980132014-07-19T17:22:00.000-07:002014-08-23T18:38:11.839-07:00Fixing Wooden Train TracksMy son has an obsession. I know, I know, he's only two years old, but I'm serious - this is an obsession. A few months ago, he received a pair of giant file boxes filled with wooden trains and tracks as a gift from a generous relative-of-a-relative whose own kids had outgrown Thomas and his friends.<br />
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My son, though, fell in love instantly. He will spend hours playing with these things, and can list off the name of every engine he owns, which is pretty good all things considered. As a firstborn, it's pretty much the only thing he will do completely on his own.<br />
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All this joy has one cost, though - used trains sometimes mean broken trains, and using trains sometimes means breaking trains. We have a mixture of wooden and plastic trains, which can both have some issues: the male ends of the wooden trains can snap or split, and the female ends can chip out to the point that you can't connect them (and by 'you', I mean me and my two year old). The plastic ones have the same kind of issues, though with them the little plastic piece at the end pops out. <br />
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I wound up with a respectable pile of "to-be-fixed" train tracks in the basement. Now that the rooms down there are finally done, I've spent a little time getting my shop organized and picking away at some of the little projects that have needed doing, and this one went up to the top of my list. <br />
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A few of the parts, the ones with the little plastic end that popped out, were easy to fix - if you still have the plastic piece, simply dip the end of the plastic bolt into a tube of clear caulk, tap it back into the piece, and wipe off any squeezeout. Let it dry, and it should be back in place!<br />
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For the ones with an actual break, or which had permanently lost the plastic piece, fixing (or recreating) the female end of a track didn't look too hard. A drill (either a drill press or a hand drill) can take care of the hole, and a few passes with a hand saw or table saw can connect it to the end. But that wouldn't be practical to do for all of the dozen or so broken pieces I had - for one thing, that would then leave me with too many female-female adapters. As importantly, shortening the piece wouldn't work at all for the curved ones like bridges and arches.<br />
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The first thing I found online was <a href="http://www.rockler.com/train-track-router-bits-and-free-plan-individual-bits" target="_blank">a set of train track router bits from Rockler</a>. These look awesome, and if you're making your own tracks it could be really cool ... but $150 would buy you a lot of brand new tracks from the store. It just wasn't practical for me. <br />
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Then I ran across <a href="http://magicalyak.wordpress.com/2014/02/01/fixing-thomas-the-tank-wooden-train-tracks-or-brio/" target="_blank">this guy's blog post</a> about the exact same issue. He had some tracks with a plastic connector that kept popping out. Apparently, he found a post suggesting that you use some eye screws and drywall anchors (also called molly bolts) to put in a new male adapter. I was able to find both the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000BO6NY2/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1" target="_blank">drywall anchors</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001DDLS40/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1" target="_blank">eye screws</a> on Amazon, which either makes me a terrible person who will doom the old-fashioned brick and mortar store, or a smart shopper. I'll leave it to you to judge. <br />
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The molly bolt and eye screw combination worked great for the pieces with the plastic part that had popped out. <br />
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Simply put in the molly ...<br />
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... cut off the part sticking out ...<br />
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... then twist in the eye screw. <br />
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The all-wood tracks were even simpler. <br />
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First, cut off anything that's broken so that you have a perfectly flat surface ...<br />
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... and thread in the screw eye (a nail helps to turn it tight).<br />
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That's it - a simple little fix, took me less than half an hour to do a dozen or so pieces. This can fix broken wooden Thomas train tracks, or Melissa & Doug, or Brio, or any of a half-dozen others. All told, it was a satisfying bit of time in the shop. And the look on my son's face when he came downstairs the next morning and found a bunch of 'new' pieces sitting on the table waiting for him made it well worth the effort.<br />
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After <a href="http://creationsbyash.blogspot.com/2013/02/pallet-headboard-bed-frame-part-three.html" target="_blank">last year's Christmas present</a> to my sister, this year (which ended six months ago - that tells you how far behind I am on blogging!) needed another pallet project to complement the first. A piece to help round out the bedroom set was in order, and a nightstand was the best choice overall. </div>
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<a href="http://ana-white.com/2013/05/plans/mini-farmhouse-bedside-table-plans" target="_blank">Ana White</a> has a nice, simple little plan for a bedside nightstand. It was fairly easy to adapt to use pallets instead of the covering pieces she used. </div>
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Kreg Jig produced pocket holes to fit everything together. Not too hard - just do a Google search for it and you'll find plenty of examples and tutorials. The frame pieces were all 2x4 stock that was ripped down to 1.5" on each side. </div>
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The frame went together pretty simple, piece by piece: I attached the front and back bottom supports first, linking the left and right halves together. </div>
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Making a drawer for the nightstand was pretty basic. Use a Kreg Jig to attach some 1x pine boards together, and you're all set. </div>
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The drawer is just a box with a bottom - no big deal. Add a false front of pallet wood to it later on, and drill for a drawer pull. </div>
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I didn't take shots of the sides going in, but they were pretty simple too. Nail in some more 1x stock to the inside to support the drawer, using a torpedo level to ensure that the front-to-back and side-to-side balance is level. Be finicky about this - it'll dictate how well the drawer slides.</div>
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That's it! A simple little build - follow the Ana White instructions, adjusting for your sizes as needed, and use pallet wood to trim out the top, sides, back, drawer front, and bottom shelf. This piece was meant to be pretty rustic, so I used wood from different pallets and didn't sand out the original marks and scuffs on the top. I'm pretty pleased with the way it all turned out!</div>
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For all the projects we have been doing, only a few of them have made it to the blog! We are finished with a major basement reconstruction, and have a baby due in the next few days, so blogging has unfortunately fallen to the bottom of our list of things to do! Here's a catch-up post from spring.<br />
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Like usual with my projects, it started with a Pinterest search for 'egg wreath' ideas and came across this idea on <a href="http://craftysisters-nc.blogspot.com/search/label/wreaths?updated-max=2010-04-30T21:39:00-07:00&max-results=20" target="_blank">Crafty Sisters</a> to spray paint Easter eggs to use on a wreath.<br />
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I had a bunch of eggs in my Easter decoration that I had used in the past so I dug those out and then asked Andrew what we had for white or light colored spray paint in the basement (He often will pick up half used cans of spray paint at yard sales for free, and they are great for projects like these). Well, turns out we had two cans of off-white textured spray paint. </div>
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I laid the eggs out on cardboard and spray painted them. In this picture you see some primary color eggs: I didn't end using those in the wreath because I liked the way the pastel ones looked better. Sadly, that meant I had to go buy another bag of Easter eggs - but they were $2 for 100 at Target.<br />
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I had planned to fleck the eggs with brown or gray to give them a speckled looked but the textured paint gave them a flecked/speckled look all on its own so I just left them.<br />
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I bought a grapevine wreath at Michael's for $5 and hot glue my painted eggs to it!<br />
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It turned out pretty cute, if I do say so myself! :)<br />
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Here is in on my server mantel! The bunting I made for a bridal shower I hosted earlier this year and I bought the pussy willows and green vase at Michael's back in February. Perrin things it's great to have a "tree" in the house.<br />
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A close up of my pussywillows!<br />
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Here is the link to the <a href="http://blog.chickabug.com/2010/11/free-fabric-bunting-pattern.html" target="_blank">bunting pattern</a> I used to make this. I love that you can print out the pattern and choose between four different sizes. I used the 4.5 inch one here, with six different colored papers. I love the way it turned out and have done a couple of different ones since then!<br />
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I like the way my Spring Mantel turned out, simple but cute! (And it only cost me $7).<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Supplies needed:</span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> * 60 plus Easter eggs</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> * Grapevine Wreath</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> * Textured Spray Paint</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> * Hot Glue</span>Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15800323194058802793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5265637415303734880.post-29193995211089815652014-02-14T05:34:00.001-08:002014-02-14T05:34:30.899-08:00Playing Card Garland<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I saw this ideas for<a href="http://www.happinessishomemade.net/2013/01/28/valentines-day-heart-cards-garland/" target="_blank"> Playing Card Garland </a>on Pintrest (where else) and thought "Wow that looks easy and I would be a cute way to decorate for Valentines day!<br />
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So off to Walmart I went to find playing cards (they were $1.99 a pack there). I also bought a pack of quilting fabric to cut the ribbons out of, and I got some white ribbon to hang them on. In the tutorial I linked above she used ribbon not fabric but the fabric was cheaper and what I could find so I went with that.<br />
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I just cut the ribbon to length and tied loops at each end to hang over the tacks I put up. I bought three decks of cards, made five different strands, and put them up in different rooms in our house!<br />
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The lighting in our bathroom is terrible for pictures but this is on the bathroom window!<br />
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I did a strand across my <a href="http://creationsbyash.blogspot.com/2013/08/shelving-crates.html" target="_blank">crate shelves</a>, the pictures doesn't do it justice - its really cute! (Might be my favorite one)!<br />
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Then in the kitchen I did a strand across the bookcase!<br />
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And one at the kitchen window, again the lighting is so bad that I had to use Sepia in my editing software so that you can see it! Note the beautiful snowstorm we are having!<br />
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The largest strand I did was across my server mantel!<br />
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I just had some fun taking different shots of that garland and editing and cropping them!<br />
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Playing card garland is quick and easy and looks really cute for Valentine's Day!<br />
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Putting away my Christmas decorations and wondering what to do next with my mantel is what got me started on this pallet sign. I just started by doing a Pintrest search for "Valentines mantels" to get ideas and I came across this saying <a href="http://www.landeeseelandeedo.com/2012/01/valentines-day-mantel.html" target="_blank">"Every Love Story is beautiful, but ours is my favorite."</a> I thought that would be a fun saying to do as the centerpiece of my mantel. So, that lead me to do a search for "Love" pallet signs and these two were my favorites <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/139048707218916004/" target="_blank">(Link 1)</a> , <a href="http://sweetrosestudio.com/2012/01/pallet-love.html" target="_blank">(Link 2)</a></div>
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Andrew disassembled an entire pallet for me and let me pick out the amount of boards I wanted.</div>
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I pick these four, one was wider (and turned out to be a different kind of wood) then the other three but I like the way it looked.</div>
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I loved the fact this board had a heart shaped knot on/in it so I had to have it for my "Love sign".</div>
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Andrew put the sign together for me and then I tried the vinegar and steel wool stain idea. It would have been really cute, but because I chose two different size boards that turned out to be two different kinds of woods, the stain turned them different colors. Three boards were more of a tan color and the other was grey. The grey I liked but the tan not so much. Andrew kindly sanded it down again for me and I started again, this time without staining.<br />
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Picking out stencils turned into quite a challenge - finding the right sizes was difficult. I end up finding them at AC Moore Crafts and getting 3 inch New Times Roman and 5 inch Scroll letters. They were all capitals so that changed my sign a bit too. I ended up just using the 5 inch letters on the L, S and O from the words Love, Story and Ours.<br />
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I sketched out the saying first starting from right to left making sure that I had enough room for everything! Then I mixed up some grey paint from some white, off white and black paints I had on hand and started painting. I attached each stencil with photo splits (I use them for scrap-booking) and tape, then painted. Once it was dry (which didn't take long) I'd move to the next letter in the word. It took a few days to finish all the letters but then I do have an almost 2 year old to take care of too!<br />
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Then it was just a matter of adding it to my mantel and getting it centered! I think it turned out pretty nice!<br />
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A close up!<br />
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Our whole fireplace and mantel! Side note, this mantel didn't cost me anything! The wreath I made a few years back from roses Andrew has given me over the years. It used to hang in our apartment but since we bought our house I haven't found the right place for it! The <a href="http://creationsbyash.blogspot.com/2013/02/valentines-decorations.html" target="_blank">heart garland </a>I made last year from scrap-booking paper. The tulle was leftover from a wedding I'd helped with and we brought it home - Andrew had found the bag while cleaning the garage and put it with my stuff and I was looking for something to finish off the mantel and the tulle looked good with it! The candles were free from my grandmother... well since taking these pictures I've replaced them with maroon once that I found at Savers (of all places) so I did spend money on those. Grandma's candles were too glittery for this mantel - I'm sure I'll use them for something else. I put the candles on some birch wood cookies - a friend of mine was given a bunch of birch logs and asked if I wanted some to use for crafts or decorating and this was the first idea I had to use them.<br />
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One of my Christmas projects was to build these plywood cars for the nephews. The plans came from one of the first Woodsmith magazines ever printed, but are still good. One warning up front: to do this, you really need a drill press or some other way of drilling a steady, level hole. I built one of these with a hand drill, and four with a drill press, and there's no comparison. Pick a cheap one up on Craigslist if you have to, but it will turn out a lot better!</div>
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Since this is from a magazine, no dimensions are included and instructions are a bit limited. If you need more information, you can always message me or just search eBay or Amazon for a back issue of the magazine. </div>
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Start by sizing your pieces. The bodies of the cars are each glued up from two rectangles of 1/2" plywood and the cockpit section is a single rectangle. Pictured below are the bodies and cockpits of four cars. </div>
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Next, slice your axles and spoiler struts free from a 1/4" dowel. You can see in the picture below that I used my miter gauge and a stop block clamped to the rip fence just in front of the blade to make these cuts without trapping the cutoff piece between the blade and the fence.<br />
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Cut four axles and two struts for each car.<br />
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Finally, use a pair of hole saws and your aforementioned drill press to cut out the wheels and hubs of your cars. The wheels should be cut from 3/4" plywood using a 2" hole saw, and the hubcaps should be cut from 1/4" plywood using a 1" hole saw. Great chance to use up some oddly shaped scrap pieces.<br />
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With your parts all cut out, it's time to do some assembly. Start by gluing the two body blanks together.<br />
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Clamp these and set them aside to dry.<br />
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Next, glue your hubcaps to your axles. When the axle is glued to the body, the wheels will be trapped between the hubcaps and the side of the car, but still able to turn freely. Make sure to size your axles long enough to go through the hubcaps, wheels, and solidly into the body while leaving a little bit of clearance for the wheels to turn.<br />
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I found it easiest to dip the end of the axle in the glue and tap it into the hubcap using a small mallet. <br />
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While you wait for the glue to dry, do a little bit of touchup to the wheels to make sure that they will spin freely and run true. First, use a clamp or handscrew to hold the wheel in position while you drill out the center hole to be 1/16 or 1/8" larger than your axle dowel (so for a 1/4" axle, use a 5/8" or 9/16" drill bit). The goal is to expand the hole that your hole saw drilled in the center so that your wheel will spin freely on the dowel. DON'T try to hold the wheel in place with your fingers while you drill out this hole: if you lose your grip, your fingers can friction burn.<br />
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Once you've done this to all the wheels, turn the drill press off and gently twist the wheel back onto the drill press, as pictured below.<br />
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Turn the drill press on and use a sanding block to true up the edge of the wheel and put a slight chamfer on the corners.<br />
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When your wheels have all been sanded and the glue is dry on the vehicle bodies, set up your drill press to make the axle holes. If you're using regular twist bits, make a dimple with a nail where you want the hole to be so that the bit doesn't wander. Use a 1/4" bit so that your axles fit tightly in the hole. The front axle should be further from the front edge of the car than the rear axle is from the back edge of the car.<br />
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It's crucial that all of these hole be exactly even and level, so I knocked together a quick holder out of 2x4 scraps.<br />
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Slot the car body into the space between the blocks and position it so that the drill bit is directly over the spot where the axle hole is going. Clamp the guide to the drill press table and drill all of the front axle holes, then readjust the position of the guide and drill the rear axle holes. <br />
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You're getting close to the glue-up stage! Only a few more steps left. You should now be able to assemble some of the pieces and get an idea of what your car will look like.<br />
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A few more moments on the drill press. Using a square to position the edges, I drilled some very shallow holes in the top corners of my car for my spoiler struts.<br />
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This is the first place where I would do it differently: the general idea is to slice the spoiler struts free from the front edge of the car, creating the spoiler and giving the car the racing front end. However, I didn't like how small and flimsy the spoiler piece felt. If the car body was thicker (say, made from a 2x4), then it might work better. If I was doing this again in plywood, I would probably just cut the spoilers from a different piece of wood. That would also allow me to drill a deeper hole for the strut, making the spoilers more stable.<br />
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If you do cut the spoilers from the plywood body of the car, make sure not to drill your front holes too deeply or they will go right through. If you cut them from another piece of wood, you can add a little depth to the hole to make it more secure.<br />
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No picture, but now that the holes are all drilled you can glue the rectangular cockpit blank to the top of the body. <br />
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Go back to the table saw now and slightly bevel the sides of the body, starting the bevel just above the level of the axle hole.<br />
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Using a tall fence, slice the spoiler free (if applicable) and angle the front edge of the car. Notice that the front edge doesn't come to a point - start the bevel a little above the bottom of the car blank. Depending on your angle and the size of your saw blade, you may need to finish the cut with a hand saw. BE CAREFUL with this cut: there is a lot of blade exposed and nowhere for your hands to grab the plywood. Use push blocks.<br />
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Now step back and enjoy your work! From left to right, these go from a stack of materials to a fully assembled vehicle.<br />
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As a final optional step before finishing or gluing, use a Forstner bit to drill a shallow hole in the top of the cockpit to hold a half-round knob. That knob will be painted for the driver's helmet. The Forstner bit will leave a flat-bottomed hole: if you don't have one, you might be able to use an ordinary spade bit, just be careful not to drill all the way through the body.<br />
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At this point, you could glue everything up and have a perfectly nice wooden toy. Since our nephews share toy bins, though, we wanted to make each car a little different from the others, so we decided to paint the cars. Using a variety of spray paint cans left over from other projects (with a couple new ones), we painted the wheels black, the axles and hubcaps silver, and the bodies different colors. We thought about painting the helmets to match the car bodies, but in the end just went with silver.<br />
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Now that you've got spray paint everywhere, you might have to ream out the holes in the center of the wheel so that they spin freely on the newly-painted axles. No, this is not a Ryobi product promotion: that just happens to be my drill.<br />
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Put the wheels on the axles, then glue the axle ends into the body of the car. Careful not to get glue on the wheel: the last thing you want is to accidentally attach it to either the axle or the car! <br />
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Full disclaimer: this is my major mistake. The original plans used wood glue throughout, and when we were done painting I brought the cars right back to my workbench and picked up my bottle of wood glue again. I feel like this glue didn't bond well at all with the painted wood, and in retrospect I would definitely use superglue or something else. These toys were given as gifts meant to be used, and I'm almost afraid to ask if they've needed re-gluing. So, if you paint your cars - use some superglue or something else meant for painted surfaces.<br />
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I used Google image search to find and then print some photos and decals for the cars, which Samantha shellacked onto them through some arcane and mystical means far beyond my understanding. Each boy got a different superhero theme (if turtles with swords are superheroes: frankly, I'm not sure they count). <br />
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They were a big hit for Christmas, though like I said I'm a little worried about how well the wood glue will hold up long-term. Overall, I really liked this project!!!<br />
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Three things I would consider changing if I did it again:<br />
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1) Cut the spoiler from a different piece of wood, so that I could make the holes for the struts deeper and more secure.<br />
2) Use superglue to fasten the painted pieces together, rather than just wood glue.<br />
3) Possibly use a 2x4 or other scrap piece of wood for the bodies, rather than gluing up plywood pieces.<br />
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<b>Materials Needed:</b><br />
1/2" Plywood (or just 2x scrap).<br />
1/4" Plywood (for the hubcaps)<br />
3/4" Plywood (for the wheels)<br />
1/4" dowels (for the axles and spoiler struts - alternatively, you could use 3/16" dowel for the struts)<br />
Glue<br />
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<b>Tools Needed:</b><br />
Table Saw<br />
Drill Press<br />
Hole saws (2" & 1")<br />
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Back in September I made a <a href="http://creationsbyash.blogspot.com/2013/10/burlap-leaf-print.html" target="_blank">Burlap Leaf Print</a> for my server mantel, it was a super easy project and something I knew I would try again. While thinking about Christmas gifts and what to make different people in my family I came up with the idea of doing a burlap print of Africa for my brother and his wife, who are in the process of adopting from the country of Uganda. If you have ever been to any African country it doesn't soon leave you. What the people are like, the climate, the culture - its amazing! Everyone is excited for this child to join the family, so I figured a burlap print of Africa with a heart over Uganda would be a special gift.</div>
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I bought a black frame at Ikea (took the mat out), used a piece of brown scrapbook paper for the back ground and rough cut a piece of burlap to fit inside the frame (I'm still using the burlap I bought to do the <a href="http://creationsbyash.blogspot.com/2013/08/pallet-frame.html" target="_blank">Pallet Frame</a> we made back in August). I just Googled Africa and looked for a good piece of clip art, sized it and printed it out.</div>
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Ikea frame, burlap, scrapbook paper and Africa template.<br />
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Rough cut burlap.<br />
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Back in April my sister in law Johanna and I endeavored to make vanilla extract. It all started with finding vanilla beans at Christmas Tree Shop. I bought two jars of beans, each jar contained two beans (which I figured was plenty). We then began to read up on making vanilla and asked a few ladies we knew who had done it before and found that you need two vanilla beans for every 8 oz. of vodka. Johanna bought the smallest bottle of vodka she could find (that wasn't a singe serving) and it was 48 oz. - my four beans were nowhere near enough. So, back to Christmas Tree Shop I went to buy more vanilla beans, bringing our bean total to twelve.</div>
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I measured out 16 oz. of vodka into glass Mason Jars and added four vanilla beans to that, put the lid on the jars and put them on the pantry shelf in the basement to sit and soak. I pulled them out in November and they were a beautiful amber color and smelled so yummy (and taste great in cookies).</div>
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I added labels to the jars before I gave them as gifts, just so people would know what it was. They were quite a hit with everyone I gave them to. I gave them to both my grandmothers (they already have everything they need, and they love to bake so I knew they would use it), they both loved it. I also did a jar for a Yankee Swap we attend, I added a bag of chocolate chips! Who doesn't want to make homemade chocolate chip cookies? It got swapped a few times and I was asked repeatedly how I made it.</div>
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The December issue of Martha Stewart Living had this idea for making <a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/1042243/aromatic-extracts" target="_blank">Aromatic Extracts</a>. Besides vanilla they did almond and lemon extract, I might have to try that next. That would make a pretty gift - three little bottles of extract?! In the article they only let their extract sit for three weeks, but it seems to me that the longer you left it the better flavor it would have.</div>
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As a side note I later found vanilla beans at Costco for a much better deal, they sell 10 beans for $12. But you don't get the cute little bottles with the beans like I did a Christmas Tree Shop.</div>
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This is one of my Christmas projects - I made a half dozen letter openers for various family members. The project couldn't be more simple, and I'm very satisfied with the results. Each piece is unique, and it was a great way to use up some of the small scraps I'd squirreled away from other projects! </div>
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Start by cutting three pieces: one long piece for the knife blade, and two identically sized short pieces for the handle. I used contrasting woods (maple and black walnut) for my letter openers, but you can do whatever you want. </div>
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Glue the two short pieces to the back edge of the blade. If there are any marks or imperfections you don't want showing on the blade, now is the time to hide them behind the handle. Sanding later will remove most of the surface material, but it might pay off to give some thought to the grain patterns on the handle or blade now. </div>
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Glue and clamp them together and let the glue cure for a good long while. I left these overnight. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I am a geek, so I thought of <a href="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRahAivnFANuuqXuuTWR94asL7miqZSb7nZbQdkhSBItHf40WV_" target="_blank">this</a> when I saw this picture. </td></tr>
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Once the glue has cured, you're almost done.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Even though we've already established that I'm a geek, I'll <a href="https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRixsKjlrAgy18e-sy8kOcSwA2ocMVbeOSpUaxQaUOJrl2oQ-yRpg" target="_blank">prove it again</a>. </td></tr>
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I used my new <a href="http://creationsbyash.blogspot.com/2013/12/belt-sander-platform.html" target="_blank">belt sander platform</a> to shape the knives. This was done freehand, so don't worry too much about shape: what you want to do is round the handle's hard edges, sand down the front of the handle so that it curves flush into the blade, shape a point onto the tip of the blade, and then finally sand an edge onto the blade itself. You can get the knife into whatever shape you want: I made several, so I tried out different ones. I liked the long, thin designs best: the third down is my favorite, followed by the bottom knife. </div>
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All that's left is to add stain: I used Minwax Natural stain, which is pretty much just deepens the color that is already there. In the picture below, only the bottom knife has been stained: that should give you a good idea of what it looks like before and after. </div>
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Overall, a pretty simple project: great way to use up some little pieces of scrap wood if you neurotically save them like I do. </div>
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1 - long blade piece (hardwood, tight grain: maple worked for me)</div>
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2 - short handle pieces (figured wood, nice if it contrasts)</div>
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Glue</div>
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Table Saw (to rip the thin pieces)</div>
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Stationary Sander (could carve)</div>
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I can't claim any credit for this particular project - it's lifted almost exactly from a truly fascinating website, <a href="http://ibuildit.ca/">ibuildit.ca</a>. I had some shaping to do <a href="http://creationsbyash.blogspot.com/2013/12/woodsmith-10-letter-openers.html" target="_blank">for a Christmas project, </a>so I needed a quick way to do some sanding while keeping two hands on the workpiece. A table-mounted belt sander would be the permanent solution, but this quick stand for my regular belt sander does the same trick for the cost of some scrap plywood, a little hardware, and some 2x stock.<br />
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I followed the instructions at <a href="http://www.ibuildit.ca/Workshop%20Projects/belt-sander-1.html" target="_blank">this website</a>, with only minor changes. I didn't go to the final step of creating a fence for the sanding belt, since I didn't need that for my project - that's something I will likely add later on down the road.<br />
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To start with, I ripped a 2x2 sheet of 1/2" plywood in half, with one half set aside for the fence (later) and the other half to serve as the platform's base.<br />
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Once I had the two pieces equal widths, I cut some spacer blocks and clamped the belt sander between them to mark out the locations for the holding blocks.<br />
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I cut dadoes in two pieces of two-by scrap, one on an edge for the front handle and one on the face for the back handle. <br />
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Once I had positioned and marked the pieces, I unclamped the plywood sandwich and glued the block into place.<br />
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I glued both pieces at once, and let them dry clamped in place.<br />
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Once the glue was dry enough to secure the piece, I flipped the plywood over and sank several screws into each block. Definitely drill pilot holes first, as you're going into some weak grain on the two-by-fours and you don't want it to split.<br />
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Once the screws are in, the cradle for the handles is ready to go. The blocks should be positioned so that you can slide the front handle into the long piece, then drop the back handle in to nest into the short piece.<br />
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The sander is now cradled, but it's not secured. In order to lock the sander in place, I needed to add in a tall post next to the rear block. Cut a scrap piece to be just shorter than the handle.<br />
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One the post is cut to size, I sliced a groove through the center of the post to hold an inelegantly-named-but-still-useful toilet bolt. A little work with a chisel / drill bit notches out a spot for the head of the bolt - make this parallel to the side, deep enough so that the entire head of the bolt sits in the block of wood. Position this so that the end of the bolt sticks up at least 3/4", and so that the head of the bolt is less than 1.5" from the bottom of the block.<br />
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Now place the bolt in the slot you just cut, then position the post against your handle rest. Note that the head of the bolt is lower than the handle rest, which means that the bolt will not be able to twist.<br />
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Drill a hole in a scrap piece of plywood and add a knob to the top, then tighten the knob to lock the belt sander's handle in place!<br />
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Total time - maybe a couple of hours, not too bad! I'd like to add the fence at some point, and then maybe just spray paint the whole thing, but for a quick project this worked great!<br />
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1 - 12" x 24" plywood (base)<br />
2 - 2" x 4" x 6" scrap (for handle cradles)<br />
1 - 2" x 2" x 4" scrap (for hold-down post<br />
1 - 2" x 4" plywood (clamp arm)<br />
1 - toilet bolt<br />
1 - star knob<br />
8 - 1.5" wood screws<br />
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Table Saw (for grooves, I recommend a dado blade): chisels could work too, just take longer<br />
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Belt Sander (table wouldn't be much use without one, right?)<br />
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With all the hustle and bustle of getting ready for Christmas the days have been so filled with parties and baking cookies and making gifts that there hasn't been much spare time to blog, but before the new year is up I wanted to write about my NOEL sign for my mantel. I had pinned this <a href="http://oncedailychic.blogspot.com.au/2012/07/spotlight-xmas-in-july-launch.html" target="_blank">Noel sign from once.daily.chic</a> back in the summer thinking it might come in handy with my holiday decorating. After I put up my Christmas garland and lamps I still felt like the mantel was missing something and I remembered the NOEL sign. I showed it to Andrew and asked if he could make the 'N' and the 'L' and I would take care of the rest. He is a sweet husband and did a wonderful job on them!</div>
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I bought the 'E' at Michael's Crafts. I just went into the section in Michael's that has all the wooden letters and picked the biggest one they had. (They had wooden ones as well as white, but the wooden one was damaged so I went with white.)</div>
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The 'O' I got at Michael's as well. I went in their holiday section looking for a cranberry wreath but didn't fine anything so I got two ropes of berry garland and twisted them together. Its not as stiff as a wreath would be so I had to prop it between the 'N' and 'E' but it worked.</div>
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The 'N' and 'L' Andrew made out of two different pallet boards. I love the fact that they look so different from each other. The 'N' is rougher and has bits of bark on the edge of it, where the 'L' is totally just an old board - it creates a unique look! He nailed the 'N' boards together with short roofing nails, and used pocket holes and screws to connect the two parts of the 'L'. </div>
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It turned out pretty cute if I do say so my self!</div>
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And here is my completed mantel - garland, lamps, sign and all! Its quite festive!</div>
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The tree sign (in the corner of the fire place) I didn't make - I got it as part of a Yankee swap. But it looks super easy to make all you need is a 2 x 4 or some pallet boards, a chop saw, paint, paint brushes, and letter stencils.</div>
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I'd been thinking about doing burlap curtains for awhile when I found 1 and 1/2 rolls of gardening burlap at a yard sale - I paid $1.00 for them (happy dance) it normally sells for around $12 at <a href="http://www.homedepot.com/p/Easy-Gardener-3-ft-x-24-ft-Natural-Burlap-Fabric-31010/100032890#.UpqEXNKoqSo" target="_blank">Home Depot.</a> I'd come across this tutorial for Burlap Swag Curtain on the blog <a href="http://www.town-n-country-living.com/simple-decorating-ideas-on-a-budget.html" target="_blank">Town and County Living</a> and loved the way they looked and wanted to copy it in my Sunroom.</div>
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Here is what it looked like before - it just needed something to finish it up!</div>
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The roll of burlap was 3 feet wide by 24 feet long. My curtains needed to be 18 feet long - plus a bit more so the curtains had some swag to them.<br />
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It was a long piece of cloth. Andrew mounted the curtain rod for me (I reused one I already had, just spray painted it hammered silver). I knotted the swag on the left side and looped it over the rod using the picture from Town and Country as a guide. Once it was looped over the right side I tied another knot and just eye balled that they were even and then cut off the extra burlap.</div>
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Here it is all finished, probably took me ten minutes to do - mostly because I retied the knots a few times. I love how it looks and it cost me a $1.00 plus a can of spray paint but I have some of that left over for another project (wonder what that will be).<br />
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On a side note: Check out my awesome tin bucket planters, got those at a yard sale too and transplanted my house plants into them and they looks so cool!</div>
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As part of my quest to decorate my server mantel I made these decorative fall pumpkins which I found on the blog <a href="http://designdininganddiapers.com/2012/09/industrial-decorative-pumpkins/" target="_blank">Design, Dinning and Diapers</a>. We are currently building two rooms in our basement and we have tons of 2x4 scraps so I was looking for ways to put some of them to good use (this project fit the bill). The letter stencils I bought were 4 inches tall so Andrew cut all my blocks 4 and 1/2 inches long.</div>
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I sanded each of the blocks to knock off any rough edges. I wasn't sure if the grain would show through so I took the time to prime them. I made five identical sets (four blocks each) so that I could give some away, so I had Andrew cut me 20 blocks.</div>
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Then I taped the stencils on to the blocks with painters tape and used a sponge brush to apply the black paint for the letters. The stencils still had a bit of give to them but it gave the letters an "artsy" kinda look which I liked.</div>
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The paints I used! The spray paint is from Lowe's and the acrylic paint is from Michael's Crafts.</div>
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Here they are, all finished painting! </div>
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Not hard at all and made a cute gift, you could totally do this for other holidays or seasons, skip the "pumpkin" look and be creative with colors and toppings - imagine the fun you could have!</div>
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I found this project while I was looking at recipes on <a href="http://www.domestically-speaking.com/2012/08/141st-power-of-paint-party-burlap-painted-leaf-art.html" target="_blank">Domestically Speaking</a> and thought I knew just the place where it would go. Our mantel is a bit shallow so I'm limited on what I can do on it but we have a piece of Higgins family furniture in our living room which we call "the server" and it had a nice mantel top which I have been having fun decorating.</div>
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I decided to do an oak leaf (she did a maple leaf) so I looked online for a piece of free clip art, put it into Microsoft Word, and enlarged it to fill an 8 1/2 x 11 sheet of paper and printed it out. Then I cut it out, traced it onto <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Reynolds-391-Freezer-Paper/dp/B000BZYCNK/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1380760368&sr=8-2&keywords=freezer+paper" target="_blank">freezer paper</a> (which is great stuff) and ironed it on to a piece of burlap that I had cut to fit a frame that I had on hand. I liked the way in her blog the burlap looked roughly cut so I didn't show any care while I cut the burlap. </div>
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Took it out to the garage to spray paint (I used leftover paint from my <a href="http://creationsbyash.blogspot.com/2013/09/spray-paint-canvas-drop-cloth-pillows.html" target="_blank">Spray Paint Canvas Pillows</a>).</div>
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The mirror came from my grandmother and was in my room growing up; the sprigs of berries I got at a yard sale for $.50. I just added some leaves I bought at Christmas Tree Shop last fall and two pictures of Perrin as a baby - those will get replaced with something more "fall" but at the moment I don't have anything else.<br />
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I love this picture just because you can see a happy little man at play, as well as my awesome server mantel!<br />
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This project didn't cost me a cent. I had the burlap from the <a href="http://creationsbyash.blogspot.com/2013/08/pallet-frame.html" target="_blank">Pallet Frame</a> project, I had the spray paint from my <a href="http://creationsbyash.blogspot.com/2013/09/spray-paint-canvas-drop-cloth-pillows.html" target="_blank">Pillows</a> and the frame I had from something or other and it was just sitting in the closet. I'm thinking I might try this framed burlap picture idea again for a different season - not sure for what but you'll have to keep our eyes peeled for something in the future.</div>
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I had one more throw pillow to make a slip cover for, I followed the directions I found on <a href="http://www.vanessachristenson.com/2010/02/tutorial-spray-painted-slipcoversboy.html" target="_blank">V and Co:</a> to make the slip cover.<br />
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I had seen Burlap roses and thought that might be fun to add to a pillow so I found a tutorial on <a href="http://vintagemellie.blogspot.com/2013/03/burlap-rosette-tutorial.html" target="_blank">Shabby Love</a> and followed her directions. They were very easy to make!<br />
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I cut the burlap to different widths - top one is 1 x 12 the middle is 2 x 18 and the bottom is 3 x 18. I iron the burlap strips before I started the gluing process.<br />
I found the thicker and longer ones the easier to work with. You just roll and twist and add some hot glue here and there and try to be careful not to burn yourself and in no time you have some burlap roses.<br />
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I added a bit of ribbon I had on hand to the pillow to add to the look!</div>
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I don't think it took me more then a half hour from the cutting of the slip cover to the gluing on of the roses. I think it turned out very cute, a nice addition to my <a href="http://creationsbyash.blogspot.com/2013/09/spray-paint-canvas-drop-cloth-pillows.html" target="_blank">Spray Paint Canvas</a> and <a href="http://creationsbyash.blogspot.com/2013/10/burlap-slip-sash-pillow.html" target="_blank">Burlap Slip-Sash</a> pillows.</div>
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While on my pillow kick I decided to try making a couple of slip covers for some of my pillows. I found a tutorial for a easy slip cover from the <a href="http://www.vanessachristenson.com/2010/02/tutorial-spray-painted-slipcoversboy.html" target="_blank">V and Co: blog</a> (but there are lot of them to be found on Pinterest).<br />
I got a yard of cloth at Joann's Fabrics for $2.50 on sale - I was pretty proud of my find. I measured my pillow and cut out my cloth to fit.<br />
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Here is the pillow I was covering: it had beads on it so I had to remove them first.<br />
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I hemmed the two back pieces and then pinned them to the front piece right sides together and then sewed them together.<br />
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I had seen a <a href="http://www.thehouseofsmiths.com/2010/03/pillow-tutorial.html" target="_blank">sash-slip tutorial </a> on Pinterest and I decided I wanted to put a burlap sash on my pillow (I had the burlap left over from doing the back of my <a href="http://creationsbyash.blogspot.com/2013/08/pallet-frame.html" target="_blank">pallet frame</a>). I used the grain of the burlap to cut a straight line and then hemmed the two ends so they wouldn't unravel. I left the sides undone, I just liked how it looked.</div>
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When I got my sewing machine from my grandmother she had given me a bucket of buttons so I dumped them out and found some buttons I liked to add to my pillow.<br />
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I hand sewed my sash and then sewed the buttons onto the sash. Once the sash was in place I stitched it to the pillow.<br />
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Here it is with one of my <a href="http://creationsbyash.blogspot.com/2013/09/spray-paint-canvas-drop-cloth-pillows.html" target="_blank">Spray Paint Canvas Pillows</a>, I love how it looks! It turned out super cute and only cost me $1.25, since I already had the burlap, the buttons and the pillow.<br />
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This project started out as a birthday gift for my sister in law Johanna, but I liked it so much that I went on to update all of my own throw pillows. </div>
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I'd seen in my <a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/971903/drop-cloth-decor#970838" target="_blank">May issue of Martha Stewart Living</a> an article about projects you could make from Canvas Drop Cloth and one of the project was throw pillows. I'd also found a few blog posts about spray painting pillows, which I found kinda intriguing and wanted to try.</div>
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Andrew picked up a <a href="http://www.lowes.com/pd_126317-968-58809/12FF_4294729404__?productId=1008349&Ns=p_product_qty_sales_dollar|1&pl=1&currentURL=%3FNs%3Dp_product_qty_sales_dollar%7C1&facetInfo=" target="_blank">canvas drop cloth</a> for me at Lowe's, the smallest they carried was 9' by 6' - way bigger than I needed. That is why I ended up doing all of my pillows too - I had plenty of canvas! I also picked up two cans of spray paint from Lowe's, an orange and a blue.<br />
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These two blogs <a href="http://thisthriftyhouse.blogspot.com/2010/07/spray-painted-pillows.html" target="_blank">"This Thrifty House"</a> and <a href="http://www.vanessachristenson.com/2010/02/tutorial-spray-painted-slipcoversboy.html" target="_blank">"V and Co:"</a> have instructions on how to set up the pillows to spray paint so you can check them out for the how-to.<br />
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My stencils<br />
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I cut out the circles from a sheet of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Reynolds-Aluminum-391-Freezer-Paper/dp/B000BZYCNK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1379983639&sr=8-1&keywords=freezer+paper" target="_blank">freezer paper</a> and ironed it onto the canvas.<br />
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Spray painted.<br />
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This is the pillow I made for Johanna with orange and blue circles of different sizes.<br />
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For the stripes I just used 3 inch wide painters tape, then I did a second and third round and made pin strips with orange. I really like how they turn out!<br />
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Here they are with the blue spray paint, I made orange pin strips by using more tape to make thinner strips and to cover the already painted parts. The top right pillow piece is a pillow back, I just lightly sprayed the cloth to give it a marbled look. I did that for all the pillow backs except the one I did for Johanna, hers was the same on both sides.<br />
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Then I put them wrong sides together (so painted sides out) and sewed them together on three sides. I sewed it once and then checked to make sure the pillow form fit. Side note: I got the pillow forms at a yard sale, washed and dried them and they were ready to use. Once I was sure it fit I re-sewed over the stitches two more times with a smaller stitch setting - the canvas rips out easily so you want to make sure to do this.<br />
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Insert the pillow form - if you couldn't figure out this picture. :)<br />
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Pin it in place and sew. I ended up using a tissue box to prop up the pillow as I was sewing to make it easier (thought I took a picture of it but can't seem to find it - sorry). It helps to prop it up otherwise its hard to sew it shut - the fatter the throw pillow the harder it is to sew shut. I sewed that seam three times over as well. Once its all sewed together I used a ripper to fringe the edges of the canvas - this took a while to do but looks awesome!<br />
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Here are my "new" pillows, I really like how they turned out! Its an inexpensive way to up date you throw pillows.<br />
I just got the newest Crate and Barrel catalog and they have these <a href="http://eyelash%20throw%20pillows/" target="_blank">Eyelash Throw Pillows</a> you could totally copy cat them with these pillows. All you need is some canvas and spray paint and that won't cost you $30.<br />
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<b>Supply List:</b><br />
Light Weight Canvas Drop Cloth<br />
Spray Paint<br />
Freezer Paper<br />
Papers Tape<br />
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Seam ripper</div>
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After we finished the pallet frame, we decided to check off another item on our to-build list, which would finish off our planned projects for the bathroom downstairs. Samantha has had her eye on a number of pins for a while now, and we wanted to build some to display odds-and-ends in the bathroom. This project also helped to balance out the picture frame on the other side, and hide some of the fixtures for our washing machine.<br />
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The construction part wasn't actually that complicated! I think planning and stain took more time than the actual assembly and cutting. Samantha wanted a haphazard stack of crates, so the first thing we did was measure the rough outlines for how much wall space she wanted to use up, and then sketch out the crate arrangement she was looking for. Then I went back to the measurements and figured out a size for each crate.<br />
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Initially, we planned to make the entire crate out of 1x3 lumber. When I cut and laid out the first crate, though, we very quickly realized that the shelves would not be deep enough to safely display wide items, like mason jars. We ended up using 1x4s as the crate frame instead.<br />
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I cut and sanded all the boards right away. I had already decided on the length and height of each crate, so all I had to do was cut two 1x4s and three or four 1x3s (depending on the final width of the crate) to the crate's length. I calculated the length of the shorter 1x4s by subtracting the thickness of two boards from the desired width of the crate.<br />
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Next, I assembled the frame of each crate. To do this, I clamped one of the short boards to one of the long boards, then nailed in through the long board's side.<br />
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Repeat on the other end of the long board<br />
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Isn't the nail gun sweet? My lovely and thoughtful wife gave it to me for my birthday. The entire week before my birthday, she kept me from starting this project because she knew I would want to use the new gun to assemble these crates :)<br />
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I should have used shorter (1-1/4"?) nails to do this ... but the nail gun came with a box of 2" nails, and I didn't want to run out to the store. As a result, I had several nails deflect and pop out of the side, and I had to pull them out and re-shoot.<br />
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To square up the assembly when fastening the second side, I set my clamps at a bit of an angle (you can't see the other clamp, but it is angled in the opposite direction). By loosening and tightening these, I was able to change the alignment of the box until it was perfectly square, at which point I drove in a pair of nails.<br />
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And now that the box is pinned in place, go back and drive in a few more nails for good measure (and because the new nail gun was fun).<br />
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Now that the frame is done, you can add the slats to the back. Depending on the width of the box and the spacing you want between the slats, the number may vary - I decided to use a consistent slat spacing for all the crates. Find the center of the crate frame, then line it up with either the center of a slat or the center of a space. The picture below is marked for the center of a slat.<br />
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You can see the deflected nails I mentioned earlier: extract these with pliers / hammer and re-shoot.<br />
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Doing it this way will almost guarantee that the edge of the slat will not line up with the edge of the frame. If it falls short of the edge but is still close, I left it like that. If it was sticking out past the edge like in the picture above, I ran it through the table saw with the blade just a fraction of an inch higher than the slat and with the fence positioned to cut just on the outside of the frame.<br />
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Here are some shots of the crates being arranged into their final configuration!<br />
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To finish off the crates, I used two coats of Minwax Special Walnut (to match the pallet frame already in that room). That gallon of stain is the same one I bought all the way back during the <a href="http://creationsbyash.blogspot.com/2012/12/farmhouse-table.html" target="_blank">Farmhouse Table</a> build.<br />
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After staining, I wiped on a coat of Arm-R-Seal polyurethane. This is how I get rid of old socks - put on a disposable glove, slip my hand inside the sock, and use the sock as a rag to wipe on the finish.<br />
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To hang them on the wall, I found the studs and screwed straight through the back slats into the wall. Definitely pre-drill the screw holes here - if you drive the screw straight through, you will probably cause a split or two and damage the finish. Then all you need to do is add decorations!<br />
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<b>Tool List:</b><br />
Miter saw<br />
Nail gun (or just hammer & nails)<br />
Sander<br />
Drill (to mount to the wall)<br />
Clamps<br />
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<b>Crate Sizes:</b><br />
9x22<br />
12x40<br />
10x32<br />
8x18<br />
8x36<br />
10x36<br />
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<b>Cut List:</b><br />
1x3 slats - 36" (7), 32" (3), 22" (3), 18" (3), 40" (4)<br />
1x4 top/bottom pairs - 40", 36" (x2), 32", 22, 18"<br />
1x4 side pairs - 12", 10" (x2), 9", 8" (x2) - subtract the width of your top piece x2 from the initial length of the side piece, so that the with of the bottom piece, length of the side piece, and width of the top piece equal the measurement given here.<br />
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<b>Inspiration Sources:</b><br />
<a href="http://blog.hgtv.com/design/2012/01/31/hgtv-how-to-bathroom-crate-shelves/" target="_blank">HGTV</a><br />
<a href="http://my-house-my-home.com/2013/02/20/crate-shelves/" target="_blank">My House, My Home</a><br />
<a href="http://liliumdesigns.blogspot.com/2010/12/decorating-with-crates.html" target="_blank">Lilium Designs</a>Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15800323194058802793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5265637415303734880.post-22778925500338101722013-08-29T17:32:00.001-07:002013-08-29T17:44:52.765-07:00Two Weeks of Pinterest Meals<div style="text-align: justify;">
I'm always looking for new meals to add to the menu and I often "pin" meal ideas on Pinterest, but I had a bunch that I hadn't tried yet. So, when I wrote out my menu for the last two weeks, I went through my "Yummy Things I Need to Make" board and picked stuff out to try! I find we spend less money on groceries if 1) I write out a menu so I know what to buy and make and 2) I shop once every two weeks. We usually cut it close on produce going bad, but it works well for the budget (which Andrew likes).</div>
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Hope you enjoy what I learned, I know I had fun and it sure was yummy! :)</div>
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Turkey Burgers</h3>
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I'm always looking for healthy food to try and these <a href="http://userealbutter.com/2008/05/03/turkey-burgers-recipe/" target="_blank">Turkey Burgers</a> caught my eye. They called for a fresh herb and I had gotten cilantro for another recipe so I used that. I got five burgers out of my turkey, we didn't need five so I froze the extra three for another meal. I normally use frozen ground turkey but I couldn't find it at Market Basket (they just opened a new one so I shopped there for the first time and couldn't find everything I normally buy). Frozen is cheaper then fresh and taste just as good but we made-do with fresh this time.</div>
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Andrew grilled up the burgers and I made a big yummy garden salad to go with them, as well as some oven fries (an Every Day Food recipe). They turned out yummy, I would definitely make them again! (Funny side note - in all my excitement to try Pinterest recipes I thought I had hamburger rolls in the freezer and I didn't so we just used English muffins, which worked just as well!)</div>
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The picture on Pinterest of this <a href="http://laurassweetspot.com/2013/06/12/crockpot-brown-sugar-balsamic-glazed-pork-tenderloin/" target="_blank">Pork Tenderloin</a> looked so delicious that I had to pin it. I've never cooked (or for that matter, eaten) pork loin, but I'm game to try new things! The recipe called for 2 lbs of pork loin - well those things come in HUGE pieces so finding one small enough was hard. I didn't get a full two pounds but its just Andrew, Perrin and I so we made do with 1 1/2 lbs.</div>
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It turned out BEAUTIFUL! The glaze recipe made a ton of glaze - I had enough to make the pork loin two times over. Maybe next time I will put the glaze on more than three times.<br />
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This recipe is a keeper! Andrew and Johanna both thought it was delicious, even Perrin gobbled it up! I served it with garlic mashed potatoes and steamed broccoli. It takes less then ten minutes to put together and then another ten to put together the glaze and then you have to baste it but nothing too hard!<br />
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You may not believe this but I've never had corn dogs before. When I saw this recipe on "<a href="http://life-as-a-lofthouse.blogspot.com/2013/05/homemade-corn-dogs.html" target="_blank">Life as a Lofthouse"</a> (one of my favorite food blogs) I wanted to try it! They seemed to take a while to make, I'm not sure if that was partly due to the fact that I was also making baked zucchini fries as part of the meal, or that it took forever for the oil to reach the right temperature (and I have a gas stove).<br />
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The<a href="http://chocolatecoveredkatie.com/2013/05/28/crispy-healthy-baked-zucchini-fries/" target="_blank"> Baked Zucchini Fries </a>were yucky - and I really like zucchini fries. They just tasted like bread crumbs! Maybe I need to add more spices to the breadcrumbs but more likely I need to try a different recipe. :/</div>
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Andrew's birthday fell in my two weeks of Pintrest, so I invited the family over for steak and I thought I'd try this <a href="http://www.easysteakmarinades.net/Steak-Marinade-Recipe/international-steak-marinades/teriyaki-marinade.php#.UggaHdKoqSo" target="_blank">Teriyaki Marinade</a> out. It doesn't say in this recipe how much steak to marinade so I made a quadruple batch for my four pounds of steak. I allowed the meat to marinate for 48 hours, and it was great!<br />
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This were a nice twist on a burger, they were also from "Life as a Lofthouse" (great blog) and pretty easy to make. We also grilled corn, I've been wanted to try grilled corn for awhile and this was a perfect opportunity to try it! You start by removing the silk from the corn and soaking it for 30 or so minutes (this helps to steam cook the corn).</div>
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I will admit I have made the Crock-pot Chicken Cordon Bleu before my two weeks of Pinterest. Its a yummy, easy meal and Andrew and Perrin both love it! I'm not sure how much it taste like Cordon Bleu, but its a good chicken recipe. Instead of cream of chicken soup, I use a cup of milk and one tsp. of chicken 'Better than Bouillon' and pour that over the chicken, ham and cheese and then put the stuffing and more milk mixture.</div>
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The french bread fits its name - Easy - boy is it! It took me less then ten minutes to make it - I had my Kitchen Aid do the kneading (I hate making anything with yeast if its not in my bread maker). The longest part is waiting for it to rise but honestly it takes ten minutes to make between the two risings. This is delicious bread, I have made it a few times since this - its a keeper! I'll never buy french bread again!</div>
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We opened our home to a family friend so she and her bridesmaids could get ready for her wedding. I also offered to provide muffins and fruit for them to snack on as they were getting ready (no hungry wedding party on my watch). I'm always looking for "healthy" but yummy muffin recipes and these two fit the bill. I pick them because I had ripe pears that I didn't want to go bad and my mother had given me zucchini and I had one can of pumpkin left (this seemed like a good recipe to use it on).<br />
Both recipes have whole wheat flour in them (and they were still light and fluffy). I substituted maple syrup for the sugar and some apple sauce for the butter - I did half butter and half apple sauce. They are both fabulous!!!! Even my sister in law who doesn't like zucchini thought the pumpkin ones were delicious! I'll be making both these again! (For some reason I only have pictures of the Pear muffins but I promise the Pumpkin Zucchini are awesome!)</div>
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This particular project is about a year and a half overdue. We found the letter photos in a small shop in downtown Nashua quite a while ago, and bought them on a whim to make a sign for our apartment. Since there's a surprising lack of seven-opening picture frames out there, the letters ended up taped to the wall in our then-living room, waiting for the day when we would finally find the perfect frame.<br />
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The day didn't come, and the letters never found a place after we moved to our new home. A few months ago, we came across them and decided that building our own frame would be a good way to get a fresh start on displaying these. With the <a href="http://creationsbyash.blogspot.com/2013/01/pallet-headboard-bed-frame-part-two.html" target="_blank">success </a>of <a href="http://creationsbyash.blogspot.com/2013/07/pallet-american-flag.html" target="_blank">some </a>of our <a href="http://creationsbyash.blogspot.com/2013/05/pallet-garden-stakes.html" target="_blank">other </a>pallet <a href="http://creationsbyash.blogspot.com/2013/04/sawhorse-desks.html" target="_blank">projects</a>, it seemed like a natural fit to use pallet wood to build it!<br />
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The final piece of the puzzle came during a July yard sale, when we saw an absolutely hideous poster of disturbing cherubs and sayings loosely related to angels, such as "angels keep the world safe for hummingbirds and butterflies." <br />
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While the frame and poster itself were not something we would ever want displayed in our house, the glass in front of the frame was just the right size to cover all of our letters. We bought the whole thing for $.50, brought it home, and took it apart.<br />
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I used <a href="http://creationsbyash.blogspot.com/2013/07/shopnotes-78-router-table.html" target="_blank">my new router table</a> (yes, I was looking for an excuse to try it out) to carve out recesses on the inside edges of the four edge pieces. The glass fit right inside of these.<br />
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Then I applied two coats of Minwax Special Walnut and one coat of General Finishes' Arm-R-Seal to the front and back of the frame.<br />
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Samantha covered up the front of Our Angels of the Hideous Poster with burlap, wrapping the edge around back and securing it with hot glue spread with a rubber spatula.<br />
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Here's a closer view of the end being covered with the burlap.<br />
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Because I am neurotic, I spent twenty minutes finding the center of the board, calculating the precise gap between the pictures to end with every photo spaced evenly from each other and the end of the board, then marking the top, bottom, and side positions of each photo with pins.<br />
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Once we were happy with the positioning, we attached each photo to the burlap with those sticky dot things that you use to hang papers on the wall. They worked okay, the burlap didn't stick very well but we left some heavy books on it overnight and after that it was fine.<br />
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With the photos and backing done, I went back to the frame itself and attached picture wire to the back. After drilling a shallow pilot hole, thread in some short wood screws and then just wind the picture wire tight around the two screws.<br />
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I attached the burlap board to the back of the picture frame by stapling the two of them together, with one edge of the stable sunk into the burlap and the other point driven into the frame. I put a ton of staples in, and haven't had any problems. If I need to take the back off, it's not too hard to pull them out and re attach them.<br />
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The lighting in the bathroom where we hung the piece is absolutely awful, but hopefully the pictures below give you some sense of how the final product turned out! It's a little big for the space, but we're happy with it and very quickly turned to another bathroom project (more on that in the next post). Every picture we took in the bathroom either had serious glaring or some other lighting issue, so we took some other pictures in different rooms, and even a few outside.<br />
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<b>Tool List:</b><br />
Table Saw<br />
Clamps<br />
Sander<br />
Router (for the half lap joint and the recess where the glass insert was - you could just attach it straight to the back)<br />
Stapler<br />
Hot Glue Gun<br />
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<b>Materials List:</b><br />
Minwax Special Walnut Stain<br />
Arm-R-Seal<br />
Glue<br />
3-4 pallet boards<br />
Glass / Plastic front<br />
Burlap<br />
Sticky Dots<br />
Pins<br />
Picture Wire<br />
2 - short woodscrewsAndrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15800323194058802793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5265637415303734880.post-36823855341690543442013-07-03T13:54:00.003-07:002013-08-26T16:53:15.864-07:00Pallet American Flag<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
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So, I got the idea for this project from Pinterest! I spotted this <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/139048707217534769/" target="_blank">pin</a> of an amazing wooden American flag but when I followed the pin it lead to nothing more then a picture - no plans. I asked Andrew if he thought it could make me one, he (being the sweet, amazing husband he is) said yes! I'll hand the blog over to him to tell you about the pallet prep and pick up the painting part later on.</div>
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Here's the actual construction part of the project: most of the work was the painting and such, but I'll share how I got the flag ready. I picked up an old pallet from the back of a warehouse, and cut the boards free using my Sawzall and a metal-cutting blade. </div>
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I cut a pair of pieces from prior pallet projects (say that three times fast) to a length just shorter than the combined width of the boards, then arranged them in place and nailed the cleats to the back. We decided to leave the boards with their natural warps and angles, only smoothing the front faces enough to take paint.<br />
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The flag itself is 39 and 1/2 inches long by 21 inches wide. I chose to make the stripes 3 inches wide, making sure to have them start and end with a red stripe. With the help of one of Andrew's yard sticks I penciled on the lines and then used 3 inch wide painters tape to mark off the ones I didn't want painted. I just went into Michael's Crafts to picked out paint for the flag (which with a one year old in the stroller was an adventure). They have what seemed like a million colors to choose from, but since I wanted my flag to have an 'antique' look I chose Ecru, Country Red and Deep Midnight Blue.<br />
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I did two coats for the white stripes and three coats for the red.<br />
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Side note: I printed the letters for the LIBERTY banner off of <a href="http://www.shanty-2-chic.com/2012/10/free-printable-whole-alphabet-banner.html" target="_blank">Shanty2Chic</a>, and just used Red, White and Blue scrapbook paper to back them! They actually just posted their own flag project, too - theirs is meant for outdoor use.</div>
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We just had our first guest over since I put it up and they loved it! I'm very happy with how it turned out, and it cost less then $10 to make! Sweet!!!!</div>
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One of the shop-improvement projects I've been wanting to do for a long time has been to build a router table. My plunge router has <a href="http://creationsbyash.blogspot.com/2013/01/pallet-headboard-bed-frame-part-one.html" target="_blank">proven itself enormously useful on a bunch of projects</a>. When I did the <a href="http://creationsbyash.blogspot.com/2013/05/trivets.html" target="_blank">trivets </a>a couple of months ago, it was hard to balance and position the router properly, and I knew building a table would be the next logical step in expanding my shop's capabilities. I love reading the <i>Woodsmith </i>and <i>ShopNotes </i>magazines, and have seen both put out a number of plans for router tables. After comparing a bunch of different plans (I <u>really</u> wanted to do <a href="http://www.shopnotes.com/issues/100/extras/ultimate-router-table/" target="_blank">the plan from ShopNotes #100</a> for a while, but sanity prevailed), I decided on the plan from ShopNotes #78 - with a few modifications.<br />
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This table won out because of the cost (the whole table is built from plywood) and simplicity. Going from no router table to an everything-but-the-kitchen-sink version didn't make sense - better to build a simple one and decide later if it's worth upgrading or not. </div>
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The only really major expense for this table, other than the plywood, was finding an insert plate. After trawling Craigslist, I was able to find a Kreg insert plate with a <a href="http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=21380" target="_blank">Rockler router lift</a> for $80, and the guy threw in a 48" length of T-track for an extra $10. </div>
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I made two major modifications to the magazine's plans - I expanded the width of the router table's top to match the length of T-track, and I added a drawer to the bottom. The drawer will hold my router bits (for now) and the various bases, manuals, and other paraphernalia that goes along with my routers. Because I played with the sizing, I couldn't follow the cut list (which would have used a single sheet of 3/4" plywood). I had some scraps of plywood in the basement courtesy of a moving sale, so I only had to purchase a single sheet, but you'd definitely need two sheets to recreate this. </div>
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To start, I spent over an hour laying out my various pieces and figuring out how to get the most out of each scrap of plywood. Then I started cutting things down, keeping everything just a little bit bigger than it needed to be. I used my circular saw and straight-edge clamp to cut down the full sheet into manageable sizes, then trimmed those pieces (and the ones from my scraps) to exact size with the table saw. </div>
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The first piece I assembled was the interior case - a bottom, two sides, and a brace spanning the center. </div>
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Everything here is assembled with butt joints and 1 1/4" screws, with pilot holes drilled first so the screws don't split the plywood. This cage is going to be supporting the router table's top. Note that the brace is set behind the centerline - it needs to be far enough back that it doesn't interfere with the router plate. </div>
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Next, I added the two side panels. These had a little cutout at the bottom to form "feet" - I clamped them together and cut them both at once. I used an extremely high-tech and expensive gadget to mark the arcs I wanted for the feet, with I wanted to be 3" wide and about 3" high. </div>
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Here's the table on it's side, dry-fitted so I could get the measurement of the next piece - note that the table top is also in place, to keep the top edge of the interior case aligned with the top edge of the side panel. </div>
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To give a little more stability to the skeleton, four small legs are screwed to the inside face of the side panels, offering some extra support to the interior case. A second cross brace is also added at the back of the frame, underneath the interior case. Note that I attached the small legs before the side panels - this is so that I can screw the rear legs directly into the brace, then attach the side panels to them in turn. First, attach the brace (driving screws down through the bottom of the case), then attach the rear legs to the brace. </div>
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With most of the table's case done, I turned my attention to working on the drawer, taking the basic design from another plan in the same issue. I wanted the drawer to be nice and big, with enough space to store all of the router's extra bases and other accessories, including bits. That meant, after some measuring, that I needed at least 8". </div>
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After I'd cut the pieces to size, I set up the drawer joinery. There's not a lot to be said here - I cut 1/2" deep rabbets into the front and back of the drawer (see above), and a 1/4" groove 1/4" up from the bottom edge of all four pieces to grab the drawer bottom. Then I carved a slice from the bottom edge of the drawer bottom, leaving a 1/4" lip to slide into the drawer edge's groove. Yes, I need to make an auxiliary fence for the table saw.<br />
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I planned the design so the drawer would sit underneath the bottom of the interior case, protected from the dust the router would cause. I needed to add some sort of web frame to support the drawer itself, so I ripped down scrap 2x4s into 1" thick sections, then cut them to make a frame.<br />
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I forgot to take a picture, but there's an extra pocket hole at each corner facing outward - once I had it in place, these let me screw the frame directly into the sides of the router table.<br />
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Some extensive work with a hand plane and palm sander left the top surface of the web frame very smooth, so the drawer wouldn't catch on anything. While I was at it, I also sanded and smoothed the bottom and sides of the drawer. To prevent the drawer from skewing sideways and binding when being opened or closed, I glued two thinned-down pieces of plywood into the gap between the front and back legs.<br />
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The only detail left for the router table's base was to attach handles (leftovers from a kitchen project that Samantha's grandfather had done) to the drawer and a pair of blocks to the back to prevent the drawer from sliding in too far. I'd intentionally left the drawer a little shorter than the available space. I cut the blocks to size, then screwed them into the table's rear leg.<br />
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The project is reaching the home stretch! I laid out the template that came with the insert plate in the center of the table, then used my jig saw to cut out a rough square half an inch inside the line. Then I used a top-bearing flush trim bit in my plunge router base to cut out a shallow lip on the edge of the hole. While a little nerve-wracking, this part wasn't too hard - just remember to leave plenty of clearance when you cut out the hole so the router plate has a good solid edge to sit on. Cut the lip a shade deeper than the insert plate - most plates have set screws to let you fine-tune the adjustment.<br />
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Next, I cut out two long notches near the back on the side of the router table (make sure your notches are outside the overhang of the table top). These notches will allow the fence to slide back and forth. I drilled a 5/16 hole at each end of the notch, then used my jigsaw and straight-edge clamp to remove the waste in between.<br />
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Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures of building the fence, so I'll have to describe it to you. Hope this makes sense! The fence is built up of several layers of plywood. The top two layers are 48" long strips of plywood - the top layer is 1/2" thinner than the next one down, to leave space for the T-track. The bottom layers are 23" lengths of plywood, positioned to leave a 2" gap centered on the router bit, to allow the fence to come up and surround a bit for profile work.<br />
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All the layers but the top and bottom are 2" wide - as previously mentioned, the top layer is smaller to allow the T-track to sit flush with the edge. The bottom layer is wider (4"?), to provide extra stability and a place to tighten the fence down. A 5/16 hole is drilled on the outside ends of these outer pieces (drill a slot on one end to allow the fence to move freely), positioned over the slots you just cut in the table top. One mistake I made here - I drilled the hole too close to the fence, and had to carve out some space in the back to allow the knob to turn freely.<br />
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A wing knob, 2.5" 5/16 carriage bolt, and a pinch block serve as the holding mechanism for the fence. Loosen the knobs, and the fence will slide back and forth. Tighten them, and it will clamp into place. Cut the pinch block long enough to be flush with the table's outside edge on one end, and close to the base on the other end. <br />
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Some of the more observant might notice that the bottom three pieces are 1/2" plywood, while the top two are 3/4" - this is because I ran out of 3/4" plywood and used my advanced math skills to realize that 0.5 + 0.5 + 0.5 = 0.75 + 0.75, which is what the plans originally called for.<br />
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Last step to document is attaching the table top to the table base. The top overhangs the base on both sides and the front, but is flush against the back. Once I positioned and clamped it, I used some right-angle brackets picked up at a nearly-forgotten yard sale to attach the top. <br />
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Four of these at the corners do an okay job of holding it (I added more screws after taking the picture). I'm not thrilled with the brackets - they flex too much when you lift the router table, but they serve their purpose when the table is sitting still. I might replace these with something else if it gets to be a problem. <br />
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I have a couple of things I'd like to add - some kind of rack to hold all the bits would be great to have, as would an electrical switch to turn the router on and off and some hooks to hold the adjustment wrenches. There's no dust collection on this table, and probably never will be. But I think it's going to do an admirable job for what I need - some nice storage in the drawer, an expansive top, an adjustable fence with T-track for attaching accessories, and a simple, cost-saving design. <br />
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<b>Tool List</b>:<br />
Table Saw<br />
Jig Saw<br />
Circular Saw<br />
Router<br />
Top-bearing pattern bit<br />
Straight-edge clamp<br />
Sander<br />
Kreg Jig<br />
Drill<br />
Dado Blade<br />
5/16 drill bit<br />
Sawhorses<br />
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<b>Materials List:</b><br />
~1.5 - 4x8 sheet of 3/4" plywood<br />
1 - 36" length of 2x4<br />
2 - drawer handles<br />
4 - right-angle brackets<br />
~50 - 1 1/4" woodscrews<br />
1 - Router Plate Insert (w/ lift is great)<br />
1 - 48" T-track<br />
2 - 2.5" 5/16 carriage bolts<br />
2 - 5/16 wing knobs<br />
Glue<br />
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<b>Cut List:</b><br />
Because I built this using plans I adapted from ShopNotes, I'm not going to post the dimensions. If you're really interested, feel free to leave a comment and I can message you the sizes for everything. I'd encourage you to get the plans, too - you can usually find back issues on eBay.<br />
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<b>Cost:</b><br />
Plywood, screws, brackets, and such probably cost me around $50. The router plate and T-track came in at close to $100. I had to purchase a router (my old one didn't fit the router lift), but I'm not counting that as a cost since I'll be reselling the old one.</div>
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Since our son was born, I've been wanting to make curtains for in his room. My biggest hindrance to making them was my lack of a sewing machine. I had planned to buy one with Christmas money, but when my grandmother learned that I was going to purchase one, she gave me her beautiful antique Singer. She bought it before my uncle was born (60 plus years ago) and sewed a pink blanket for him - she didn't know he would be a boy at that point and was hoping for a girl! Andrew had to order a few replacement parts for it on eBay, but other then that it worked just fine. Got to love old well made stuff! What sewing I've done has been on older machines, so I felt comfortable using it.</div>
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Before leaving last year to work in Papua New Guinea at a bush clinic, my amazing sister in law Sarah had given me a yard or so of a green, brown and white argyle cloth that she had thought would make beautiful curtains for Perrin's room. It wasn't enough material to make two full curtains, but it looked like enough to make two valances. </div>
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I also had three brown 54 x 90 inch curtains that had been in the kitchen of our first apartment. Instead of going out and buying new curtains I decided to cut them down to size.</div>
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The windows in Perrin's room were 44 inches long and 31 inches wide. I wanted the curtains to come to the bottom of the window trim, so I added some length making them 51 and 1/2 inches long.</div>
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I used the 'chalk' from my <a href="http://www.houzz.com/photos/249702/SY-15-piece-sewing-kit-set-modern-housekeeping-" target="_blank">Ikea sewing kit </a>to help me sketch my measurements to help me cut things to the right length and straight (My coffee cup made a great measuring tape weight).</div>
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Also leftover from our first apartment (and now decorating our downstairs bathroom's only window) I had a valance that I used as a pattern to help me judge the length of the valance. I added a couple of extra inches to the top so I could make a pouch that the curtain rod would go through. I ended up using the pattern of the argyle to help me cut, which made it easy to keep things straight.</div>
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Then came the sewing - I'd forgotten how much I'm not a seamstress! :) My mother is an amazing seamstress and she tried to teach me but yeah.... thankfully I can sew a straight line so I was mostly good! The hum of the machine did bring me back to happy days of listening to my mother sew - that part was nice! I hemmed all four sides and then created a pouch at the top for the curtain rod. I repeated the same thing with the valance.<br />
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Because I didn't want to cover our beautiful window trim, I was limited in what I could use to hang them. I bought two <a href="http://www.ikea.com/us/en/search/?query=+Curtain+wire+incl.+clips" target="_blank">curtain wires</a> from Ikea to hang them with, but that presented me with the issue of having two layers (a curtain and a valance) but only one wire to hang them on. I decided to tack the valance to the curtain. I mostly eye balled it and created pleats (since the valance is much wider then the curtain). I like how it turned out!<br />
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Now Perrin has curtains in his room and naps much better then before (should have done this a lot earlier). It was a fun little project that did cost me no 'new' money since I upcycled curtains I already had and the argyle cloth was a gift.<br />
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