Daybed Cabinet

Published January 4, 2015

I designed a cabinet and daybed to go in a odd-sized cubby in our attic room. We had never built any furniture before, but I convinced my husband we could do it. After…

Furniture Designs

Published September 17, 2014

These are some potential projects that I may build in the future, plus some long-abandoned furniture design ideas.

CD Shelves

Published August 30, 2014

CD shelves design CD Shelves – front

Having searched in stores and online for CD shelves that would be just the right size, and failed to find any that were suitable, we decided to build our own. I designed…

Wood Storage Cart

Published August 1, 2014

We needed a small wood storage cart on wheels to safely store small cut sheets of plywood and masonite, and with a second side to contain cut dimensional lumber. I took my design from Woodworking for Mere Mortals, though designed to be smaller in both horizontal directions and without the shelves in the middle.

Garden Bench

Published May 26, 2014

I built a bench out of some scrap lumber. I made it "narrow-stance" to allow for the severely rounded edges on the two pieces of 2x6. As is often the case, I made some changes to the design while I was building it (turned the legs 90 degrees for better stability in the real world).

Storage Shelves for Cardboard

Published May 12, 2014

I keep a lot of large cardboard boxes and styrofoam on hand for when I need to ship my paintings. I needed a simple shelf for containing the large cardboard. I built a very simple one in less than 2 days.

Ten Foot-long Desktop

Published October 7, 2013

For my office space, I designed a desktop to fill the 10-1/2 foot space from one wall to the other. At the outside edges, the desk is almost 4 feet deep, and then angles towards a 29" deep center section. I designed it to fit snugly on top of some store-bought rubberwood cabinets.

Pergola and Deck

Published May 30, 2010

I designed a pergola for the new deck we were having built. I used a 3D program, AC3D, that works like Lightwave, but is much simpler at a fraction of the cost.