I recently stumbled across this great blog. Ana takes furniture you can order from places like Pottery Barn and Land of Nod and provides plans for them. She gives you a list of the supplies you will need and the cuts you will need to make. She gives great instruction for completing your projects. She seems to be very interested in empowing women to do their own construction projects.
My family made this bookcase for the new little baby we are expecting. My stepdad and brother in law made it and I painted it. It's a lovely shade of smurf blue that looks cute in the nursery. I really wanted to help since I don't know how to use a circular saw, but they did it while I was at work. I'm thinking of looking into classes at the trade school here, because there is a lack of patient teachers in my family. Honestly, I'm a little afraid of the saw and would like a safe environment to learn.
The whole project cost $83, but the wood cost about $50. Instead of the cheap pressed wood bookcase I was going to buy, I know have a sturdy real wood one that can be used for years to come. Of course Smurf blue might have to go, but that's not big deal! The Land of Nod version cost $350 plus shipping. See why I want to learn how to do it myself?!?
Does anything catch your eye? Anything you'd like to make?
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If you would have your son to walk honourably through the world, you must not attempt to clear the stones from his path, but teach him to walk firmly over them - not insist upon leading him by the hand, but let him learn to go alone. ~Anne Bronte~
1 comment:
Awesome! Cool site, though I'm not sure I'm as ambitious as you are when it comes to tools and carpentry. Still, something to consider, as I never thought I'd be interested in gardening, either! ;-)
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