Having finished the back room renovation, our thoughts turned to furnishings. We searched for a suitable sideboard but couldn’t find anything that was just right, though we did get a few ideas. The answer was to create our own. We had some old timbers lying around and supplemented our supply with a visit to the salvage yard where we also found four wooden crates (there were two A.B. Tonic ones).
I cleaned up the crates while Michael slaved over the frame using various reclaimed hardwood timbers
and some old fence palings. I found a recipe for rusting nails and it worked a treat.
A few coats of Cabothane brought out the natural hues as well as the perfect defects.
We kept changing our minds about what to use for the centre front and side panels so Michael experimented with rust effects on steel. The polyurethane coating has preserved the colours well.
Precision placed finger holes and felt lining completed the crates.
Over the years, we have accumulated some beautiful timber slabs and we selected a Huon pine for this project. Trimmed and prepared,
it was fixed to the frame
and the steel took its place in the front and sides.
Some more Cabothane on the top highlighted the grain.
We are very happy with the result.
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Very happy with the result, can’t wait to start on the cupboard and bar!
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Can’t wait to finish the cupboard and bar 😉
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That’s absolutely brilliant! When do you put the strings on??
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Took less time to make than a cigar box guitar 😂
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It’s fantastic! You should be chucking your day jobs and going into the bespoke furniture trade 🙂
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That would be a very nice way to make a living.
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Excellent!
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Thank you, another project ticked off the list.
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Beautiful work. I love your ideas. I agree… you should take this on as a business..such talent!
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Thank you, we really enjoy doing these projects, I don’t know if I could bear to part with them, though.
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looks fabulous, I say def. give up your day jobs x
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Come on lotto gods 🤑
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