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Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Gustav Stickley REWRITE of 02 FEB posting

Gustav Stickley was a beginning of the 20th century furniture maker, architect, and spokesperson for the Arts and Crafts movement. In 1901 he founded The Craftsman, a periodical based on the philosophy of the English Arts and Crafts movement. Later the magazine took on a definite American perspective. In 1903 he started the Craftsman Home Builders Club (more about this in my next entry) to spread his ideas about architecture.

I like Stickley’s simplicity of design and excellent sense of proportion, which can be seen in his tall clock design (c. 1902-3) – see clock illustration. The clock embodies the principles of the Arts and Crafts movement – simple straight lines and rectangular shape. The clock is currently in the collection of the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art – a great place to visit if you are ever in New York.

All of his furniture was handmade and designed to be simple and useful. He made his furniture from native American oak with exposed joinery, such as through tenons - see table illustration. Upholstery, if applied, was done with natural materials like canvas and leather. Varnish could be used to finish the wood, but it was never painted.

In spite of his talent, in 1915 he declared bankruptcy. Originally from New York, I occasionally encountered some of his work in my day-to-day travels but never realized its value – at least monetarily. For example, in 1988, Barbara Streisand reportedly paid $363,000 for a Stickley sideboard. Boy did I miss some golden opportunities.

Wednesday, February 19, 2014

DIY Pallets of Wood 30 Plans and Projects

Are you looking for some amazing furniture ideas and want perfect pallets diy? Is u short of money but still want to make your house look elegant and natural? Are you obsessed with this world of fashion and creativity? Are you worried about spending on the right thing right there which would not turn into a disaster? Here we are to help you around with much creative and fun for your home. Just imagine of some wooden shipping pallets, so cheap, so easy to access, so easy to monitor.

And now see what you can do with it. You can save the cost of furniture as well as the cost of carpenter and fix the pallets yourself to create a wonderful home accessories pallets DIY are the most creative idea of homemade furniture which can help you make furniture items with just the use of your own imagination and innovation. Now you may not need to be worried about the budget because that entire pallets Diy can create will easily fit your pocket without over loading your cash outflows. It does not end here, pallets Diy is the most recycled wood, which can be used over and over again.

Pallets DIY of Wood Furniture: 30 Plans and Projects.

Pallet House.

Pallet Headboard.

Pallet Kitchen Storage Shelf.

Pallet Table.

Pallet Sofa or Daybed.

Pallet Bed Frame and for Bedroom.

Pallet table in living room.

Pallet table from old pallet wood.

Pallet for garden: Before: Shipping pallet, After: Outdoor table.

Pallet decorating shelf

Pallet furniture for garden.

Pallet coat rack.

pallet book shelf.

garden idea with pallets.

pallets as a Bench.

pallet bed frame.

Once again pallets used as a beautiful table in the living room.

pallets in sofa.

pallet coffee table.

pallets as a swing.

pallets as a sofa.

Bookshelf made out of Pallet.

pallet picture frames.

Build your own potting bench from wood pallets.

pallet room divider.

source: pinterest

Monday, February 10, 2014

The final coat of poly

The fourth and final coat of poly is done! I am going to let it cure out in the garage for a couple of days and then rub out the finish and install it on Sunday. I smoothed out one of my tester boards with steel wool last night and then applied some paste wax and it turned out great. My original plan was to screw the hall tree to the wall next to the front door but my wife wants to be able to move it for cleaning so I am going to do some testing with cleats. I dont want to actually hang the thing from the wall, just secure it enough to make sure its not going to fall on the 2 year old. I am going to try making a french cleat and also make some rabbits in a couple of boards and see if I can get them to interlock the way I want to.

I only applied the 4th coat to the outside parts. I left the insides of the bottom shelves with just the 3 coats.

I just remembered that I havent bought the hooks yet. I may have to stop by Home Depot on the way home from work tonight. My plan is to have 3 hooks under the top shelf, one on each side near the top and then one on each side near the bottom at backpack height.