Introducing our next renovation project: closing in this ugly and useless garage door. If it were functional, this door would open up directly into our basement. That is, if you were to you walk down the basement steps, boom: you see where the car would be parked. Even if we wanted to use this space to […]
A gift for me: A new work table
Before I get too deep into showing you what I made for Christmas gifts, I thought I would quickly show you one of the awesome handmade gifts I received. My dad made me this gigantic counter-height work table. It’s two feet deep and six feet long! That’s some serious surface space. My small workbench has become so […]
Painted workbench: Before & after
Clearing off my basement workbench exposed a ton of ugly stains. If there are stains and paint spills on this surface I at least want them to be my stains and paint spills. So I decided to do a quick paint job to freshen things up. Before First, I vacuumed the entire surface really well […]
A space for painting (and other stuff)
This is workspace #2 for this week. Not exactly as pretty as the other one, so sorry if this post bores the pants off of some of you. But read on if you enjoy semi-dramatic before and after photos. Before This basement workbench area was here when we bought the house, and I’m only slightly […]
A space for sewing (and other stuff)
Check out my cutey-cute little sewing space in our newly carpeted office. I wanted to set up a dedicated space for my sewing machine. No set-up time equals more time for actual projects! I built this little cubby shelf out of four wooden shadowboxes from Michaels. I’ve had them for quite a while, but never got […]