Make a hairpin leg coffee table from reclaimed butcher block I recently discovered that antique solid wood doors are actually made up of oak butcher block hidden under wood veneer. Lucky for me I have a bunch of old doors lying around in the garage. Having been exposed to years of humidity and temperature swings,
Butcher block copper clock So yeah, I know. I seem to be developing a theme. Copper and Butcher Block. I do love to work with both materials and since I had left over wood blocks from my butcher block shelves project, I thought to myself why not build a clock for the shop? And so I
Industrial chic copper pipe table lamp My recent copper pipe wall sconce tutorial inspired me to experiment further with copper pipe lighting. I mean, what’s not to love about a copper pipe lamp? It’s modern, yet industrial, and oh so easy to do-it-yourself. Here’s what you’ll need: (1) 3 foot ½” copper pipe (cut to 15″, 6″, 2 ½” and 2″) (4)
Create floating butcher block wood shelves made from reclaimed old solid oak doors. To my surprise, those 100 year old doors that they call “solid wood” aren’t made from solid wood. Instead, they’re actually made up of many small oak wood blocks glued together like butcher block. Then the door is assembled with various mortise
