Building a Trash Can Pad :: Another Landscape Challenge Solved
Building a Trash Can Pad or Stand, is much like installing a paver patio - just on a smaller scale. Both why and how I built this stand using scrap 4 x...
Tag Archives: Salvage
The Pros and Cons of Reclaimed Wood :: What to Know
The use of reclaimed wood isn’t a new concept, but it’s seen a surge in popularity especially with the green building and remodeling boom. Reclaimed lumber is simply wood with a past...
The Four P’s of Refinishing Furniture with Paint :: How to Paint a Table
The most important things to remember when you’re refinishing furniture with paint is that several things need to work together to ensure your success—a stain-blocking primer, a paint with a durable finish,...
DIY Paint Project Ideas: 5 Things To Do with 1 Can of Paint
It’s always good to have a little paint left over from a recent paint project for just-in-case touch-ups. But when you have a bulk of leftover paint to spare, why not put...
Installing a Door Slab & a Glass Knob, Mortised Style LockSet
We finally decided on a single raised-panel door. This post covers installing a door, including installing a salvaged antique mortised-style lockset. Includes Videos :: Routing for Hinges in a Door Slab, plus...
How to Select an Interior Door that Matches Existing Architectural Elements
I was naked . . . and stepping into the shower when she started, “What's wrong with you?!”. . . but she continued, “I mean – do I really have to have...
Interior Design on a Budget :: Focus on a Feature Wall, Furniture & Flooring
Young families also may find it difficult to find the extra money to change their homes and add luxuries such as reclining sofas. But to make a difference, you don’t have to...
The Fancy Painters are Here! :: What to Know about Faux Finishing & Decorative Painting
When asked What do you do? and I invariably answer I'm a faux finisher, I sometimes get a quizzical look. I may follow up with I'm an artist...a decorative painter but I...
Removing Rust from Hardware that Cannot Be Removed :: Options
I have worked rusty hinges with either steel wool and/or sandpaper. In extreme cases, I have even loaded up my detail sander and went at it that way. There are a few...
Paint Removal :: Using a Professional ReFinisher
So you might have read my rant on hastily painted hardware. We removed the shutters from the building before painting its body. Twenty-four windows on the house proper makes for 48 individual...
