Tom Paton (88)

Miscellaneous

Dressing table shelf - small shelf to hold jewelry and other nick-knacks on the dressing table. Yarn holder Calendar hook rail Spoons Book bat Josie's project, not mine.  Unfortunately it wasn't quite big/heavy enough to do it's job of holding your book open while you…

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Charred box

A simple pine box from real junk bedframe wood. By ripping the pieces and jointing I was able to get clean "quarter sawn" boards which I was hoping would work well to emphasize the grain when charred. Box before charring Charred and brushed with a…

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Couch caddy #2

After 5 years of daily use, I figured we could use a second one. (the original) And as it happened, I still had a piece of the same bed-frame I made the first one out of.  Not quite as nice a piece, but quite a…

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Workshop Drawers

Drawers for screws/nails etc. Dividers in the drawers are a bit easier and hopefully more flexible than many small apothecary-style drawers.  Can also add a second "till" layer in each draw for more storage. Made from old plywood from a tabletop.  Too old, as the…

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Bed lamps

Converted old bedside table lamps into "shoji" style lamps. Started with wood from the legs of a coffee table One lamp was made first as a prototype The difuser material was made from fairly heavy watercolour paper (140gsm) which was coated with polyurethane to make…

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