365 Create: Day 31

Camera Cabinet –

I made this for my wife to store our cameras in.

camera cabinet

We have it hanging up in the living room next to my gas mask girl cabinet.

Camera Cabinet - open

She loves it. Its nice to have a safe place to store them – especially her dSLR (that’s taking this picture)! And its easy to get to so she can grab it any time to use.

The antique Brownie-esque cameras were my inspiration. So I painted & stained this one to look aged.

Camera Cabinet - side view

365 Create: Day 28

Day 28 –

Here’s a small chair I made for our boys. It was the first chair I had ever made. Took the design from our dinning room chairs, just shrunk it down to scale. All traditional joinery and super sound. The chair now serves as a laptop bay.

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365 Create: Day 27

Day 27 –

The fireplace makeover I did at our house. When we moved in it was a brick with wood mantle that was at a strange height. It had a real grandma feel to it.

Brick fireplace "before"
Brick fireplace “before”

I ended up pulling the mantle and top four levels of brick. Then covered it all in tile. I think it is much more our style. A little bit of a Tim Burton feel. Much better than a grandma feel.

Fireplace "after" ... covered in tile
Fireplace “after” … covered in tile