Friday, August 27th, 2010
Garage sales can be a great source of vintage house parts and antiques. Even though I only got out to a few garage sales this summer, I had some excellent luck.
This nice mission-style oak plant stand was set out at a garage sale just 5 minutes before I scooped it ...
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Thursday, December 3rd, 2009
Just in time for snow flurries, the adirondack chair in my front yard has finally been united with its match.
I kept the design the same from the prototype, though I needed to trace some parts directly from the first chair in order to match them. The only other change that ...
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Friday, November 20th, 2009
The adirondack chair I built last spring spent a lonely summer in the front yard awaiting its mate. With competition for my attention from summertime activities and other house projects, however, the second chair has sat for weeks half-assembled in my garage.
But now, with winter's snow a daily possibility, completing the ...
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Tuesday, March 24th, 2009
Since I moved in to this house, I thought it needed a pair of adirondack chairs for the yard. Recently I decided to activate that project and work on it in the garage in the evenings after the kids are in bed.
There are countless sources for adirondack chair plans, but ...
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Saturday, June 28th, 2008
We're driving to Cumberland, Wisconsin, today to visit Ms. Bungalow's great aunt. While we are in the area, I thought it would be cool to drive up the road to Shell Lake to check out the Shell Lake Furniture showroom.
Shell Lake Furniture produces some nice-looking, quality mission furniture, as ...
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