Been busy in my "real" life of accounting. being it is year end my hours are long and my sleep short. Which means I have had very little time for woodworking. I have managed to do a few lovely little projects for a few customers.
I made an all white art table with a opening for a box of crayons. Yes, it looks silly with just an open square on top. :-)
So here is a close up of what the box in the table will look like. The lid can be put on the box too and contain the crayons. This was before I painted the table.
I had a couple of boxes. They were the same size so the lady who bought the table can choose the container design.
So, then I did another art table and stained it with a cherry stain. I have since sanded it and gave it another round of stain to deepen the color. It came out super light the first time. I love how the different types of wood took the stain differently.
Then came my most recent mystery. How to modify my toddler chair and add arms. I tried a few things with the original toddler chair. This was my best result and I do not particularly like the arms. It may just be me. I am not sure. What do you think?
It limited the width of the seat a lot and I don't have my scroll saw out so I had to use my jigsaw and I think that may have contributed to my feelings. I don't think I cut the curves just right. Not bad, but also not good in my opinion.
So my final attempt was last night. I went out to the workbench because I was really feeling the itch to build. So I just started to build and created the plans as I went. This was the result. I wish I had made the back higher (which I will go back and do just because), but otherwise I like the little guy. The picture makes it look crazy, but the front legs are actually straight up and down and at nice 90 degree angles. The back legs are at a 15 degree angle to prevent any tipping backwards. It's a silly little chair which happens to be what my daughter calls the chair. She asks "Can I sit in the silly chair?" and I say yes. She is great about testing out the chairs and helps me make sure I have the right height on the arms and overall chair. :-)
I have not filled the holes from the pocket screws yet. I was still debating the overall design at this point.
So after all that and long hours (Including working Saturday) at my "real" job, I managed to get a few things done. Well I also got 2 more signs done, but since they are weeks overdue I feel little accomplishment in finishing those since I should have had them done before.
