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FAMILY BAR
The Family Bar was built with old reclaimed barn boards. The bars framework was built with 2 X 4 lumber that was laying around in my workshop waiting for it's next project. Even some of...
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"Pleasant Retrreat" table
Asian inspired console table made from historic heart pine reclaimed from "Pleasant Retreat" (ca. 1810. Appomattox Co., VA) with salvaged green slate top
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Paint Shelves
4 commentsThe house next door was being demolished, and I salvaged the subfloor to make this shelving unit for storing paint in our basement. Because these boards had also been used for the foundations...
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Shutter Table
1 commentA shutter from my great-grandfather's house became a wedding gift table for his great-great-grandson. Stiles became legs. Rails became the top frame. Louvres became aprons and the...
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Closet Shelves and Brackets
These brackets and shelves were made from recycled pine. Our 1906 house had a simple Jelly Cabinet in the basement that was rotting at the base and falling apart. I salvaged what I could...
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One man's trash...
Though there wasn't much "woodwork" involved in making this piece, I do feel it fits perfectly in the "Green" category. The keg was found on the side of the road one day while house hunting...
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MOROCCAN-INSPIRED SETTEE
2 commentsI LOVE Moroccan furniture, the detail, the accoutrement, the colors - the fun of it all! So I decided to create a Moroccan-inspired settee for my patio. I used left-over pressed tin panels from a...
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Chimney Cabinet Made From Old Roof Boards
I helped a friend of mine put a new roof on a few years ago. We tore off a couple layers of shingles, cedar shakes, and these boards that the shakes were nailed to. We saved the...
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Heartpine Chest
Heartpine flooring reclaimed from a turn of the century house here in Gulfport, MS. To do justice to the tight, complex grain, I polished the wood with 1200 grit paper prior to applying shellac and...
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Notirondack Chairs
2 commentsThese are outdoor chairs that are made from reclaimed long-leaf pine. For a hundred years, this wood was floor beams in a flour mill, now they continue to live as furniture objects.
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Shelf from old water bead headboard
I made this shelf unit from a old water bead headboard I found at a yard sale, for free. The inlay is purple heart, with an Egyption theme burning. I made the front decorative edging by making...
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Congratulations to our winner!
Congratulations to our winner Clark Kellogg, aka Clarkatron, with his garden bench made from reclaimed “sinker” cypress.
Prize Package:
- Fine Woodworking Archive Collection DVD-ROM
- Fine Woodworking Shop Apron
- Fine Woodworking Mug
Contest is now closed.
Winner was announced on May 29, 2009.
