Triangle Scraps

I've been having a great time playing with my scrap pile. I used the chop saw to cut up a bunch of same sized triangles in varying heights.

And then I started playing around with all of the different ways to assemble them and stain them. This would be a cute ornament!

Ultimately I settled on one large art piece. This is as I started putting it together and picking the layout

And finally with a solid backing this turned out beautiful! Now I want to make one of these on a larger scale. Maybe a living room wall?

Tea Light Candle Holder

I needed a centerpiece for my table when I was staging my last home. I cut a 4x4 down to about a 4x3 and then used a hole saw to make openings to fit my pretty blue glass tea light holders.

A little stain and it was table ready. Simple and cheap and just what I needed for staging.

Peg Board Jewelry Organizer

We moved in two years ago and since then all of my jewelry has been sitting in a purse in the bottom of my closet which, as you can imagine, is not very useful. Digging for what I want and trying to untangle it from the mess drives me nuts. I've been meaning to create a jewelry organizer to hang behind the bedroom door and today I found some time in my schedule! It's just the perfect size to organize all of it and I can finally see at a glance what my options are!

Bonus: It hides behind the door when it's open but it also looks cute as a part of the decor as well.

Pac Man Wall Art

Now that we have so many teenagers (5!) we turned one of the rooms in our house into a game room. And of course a game room needs some game themed art! Initially I accidentally painted Blinky more purple-ish but my little sister set me straight as "He's the main ghost!". She had a point so I did a little color correction to set him straight, haha.

It turned out to be the perfect fit but now I'm thinking I also need to fit Mario in here somewhere...

Unique Barn Wood Art

I'm finishing up a custom reception desk that is made with 100 year old barn wood and there were small pieces of wood that were cutoffs or were partially damaged that couldn't be used for the main desk. When you have old and beautiful wood I feel that it's a huge shame to toss any of it so all of the scraps were ripped down to a consistent width to create this beautiful wall art.

Every piece was glued and nailed to be sure that they would never budge. To make sure that everything stays put while it dries I used a very "fancy" technique to keep everything flat.

And now, what some people might have considered waste is a pretty and unique piece of rustic art.

Custom Bar

One of my favorite pieces this year, this custom bar was created by refurbishing the base from a china hutch and then creating a custom wooden top. Shelves were repurposed into wine and cocktail glass hangers.

Feathers were the inspiration for bar top's pattern, a mixture of stained and painted wood.

Wooden Spool to Oversized Outdoor Coffee Table

I have had this 6.5' wooden spool round in my garage for a couple of years waiting for me to get around to this project. As I'm cleaning up the shop I decided it was time to make my oversized outdoor coffee table!

The legs are really simple to make. You'll need 2 8' 4x4s for the crosspieces and legs, 8 large screws (6") and a couple of bolts (8") with washers and nuts. You'll definitely want to predrill your holes.

A couple of Simpson 4x4 brackets to hold the legs to the top and you're done! This summer I will get the chairs and umbrella sorted out but as you can see the weather right now is still pretty snow/rain so I'll stick to the indoor project mostly for the next few months.