Boxes

I made these boxes.

These first 3 pictures are the boxes without a coating of polyurethane or paint. I made the first ones of different woods and glued them together and then cut them with the table saw.

The second picture has the left over wood from the first boxes and I made what I call a thumb box. I call it that because it is small. My wife now has tea bags in it. The second picture also has a small tray that I made out of spalted oak. I made the inside corners with mahogany. I had some short pieces of spalted oak and cut them thin to make the box.

The third picture is an oak box/tray that I made. I did not miter the corners because I did not like the way it turned out. So I trimmed it and made it work.

These two pics are of the first boxes with polyurethane. I think they turned out beautifully.

I did the same with these boxes.

This one my wife decided that I needed to paint it the same colors as her shelves for the bathroom. I am not found of painting the nice oak but I am found of making sure she is happy.

Yard Signs

I made these little yard signs.

The ones above are the second batch that I made. I just do the cutouts, sanding and nailing. My wife and my mother came up with the designs since I can't draw well at all.

The 2 pictures above are what my mother painted so wonderfully. I think they look great and people seem to like them.

I just make them out of the scraps of cypress that I have leftover from the chairs.

Trivets

These were quite easy to make.

I made these also out of shorter pieces of wood that I had of maple and dark walnut. I coated it with butcher block oil like the cutting boards. I do not know if it is right but it looks nice. They are just glued together. I did put a couple of nails in the bottom though. I will piddle around with some other designs and post those also.

Little Coasters

I made the coasters with the scrap pieces from cutting boards.

I just made these out of short scraps of wood I would use on cutting boards. I did not put any butcher block oil or polyurethane on them. It is just strips of black walnut, cherry, maple, poplar and some mahogany. They are random widths and lengths but it is always nice to have something odd for people to put their drinks on. I did trim and sand them.

Shelves for Bathroom

My wife wanted a shelving area for her bathroom.

I had a couple of old shelves made of 1x10 pine and disassembled them and re-purposed them for her shelving. The first picture is before painting.

This is after painting the shelves.

These two pictures are after placing it into the correct area. I mounted it to the wall so that it would not tip over. It is very solid. She originally wanted the towels in picture but has since changed her mind and now a new color of towels are there.

Since my 1x10 pine boards were only 4 feet long, I butt joined them where you see the first shelf.

Right now I do not have a bunch of woodworking tools. I do have the right tools to do small projects like this. I find the tools that are most needed to do most projects are

7-1/4 Circular saw

Drill

Jigsaw

Table saw

Chop saw

Sander

and that is most of the tools that I have.

I could do more with a planer and joiner but you make do. In reality, if you have a circular saw and hammer and nails, you can do most household projects. 

Anyway, I think it looks nice.

Working on more cutting boards and boxes now.