Cigar Box Comissions

Lately I've been getting orders for cigar box guitars.  I have sold two in the last two weeks from my etsy store, one from Quebec and the other to Australia.  Awesome.  I am near completing the garage.  I think I'll move my big workbench in so I have a small place to tinker at my convenience, I'm sure Liesl's Dad will appreciate it, I have a lot of stuff taking up room in his space.   I'm grateful for being able to use his space.

Are we there yet?

Today I fitted the drawers to the island cabinet in the trailer.  The doors need a strip on them and that is it, done.  Happy Thanksgiving''''

Trailer re-do'

Here is an image of the trailer I'm working in lately.  I'm refacing the cabinets and making the drawers for others.  Lenny and Gail winter in Texas so I have to finish the job soon.  I'll be in tomorrow finishing and fitting the last drawer.  I'll post images of the interior soon.

Vicki's Chair

Last Saturday our friends Glen, Danasa and their Daughter Vicki came up for a visit.  Glen brought along a beautiful, minimal chair he had just made for Vicki.  Glen used boards of mahogany and maple that he salvaged and reclaimed from a table.  The joinery consist mostly of stop dados.  The boards of mahogany are all single plank pieces.  The chair looks beautiful.  The seat is off center so that when you flip the chair over it is higher to accomadate the child as they grow. Great job Glen'

The Garage Continues

Last evening I insulated and sealed another part of the garage and was able to move my bookcase full of Cd's into the space.  This is my true source of inspiration, music'.  Not much left to do, mostly the ceiling.

Garage Ceiling

Yesterday I insulated and put up sheathing on the ceiling of the garage.  Not an easy task to do by yourself'.  I finished half of the ceiling and put up a few posters for inspiration.  The garage is coming along quite nicely and I can feel the difference in temperature already.

Garage stuff

Lately I've been spending more time working on getting the garage ready for winter.  Most of the walls are insulated and sealed.  Now it's working on the ceiling.  I have a commission for a cigar box guitar and a bread side table as well as some cabinet drawers, so keep watching and I'll have some post about making those soon.
Thanks always for checking in'

Steve

Inspiration

Liesl, Quinn and I have lived in our new place for only three months now.  We are busy getting ready for winter, etc.  I haven't spent a lot of time making furniture but I'm always on the look out for cool objects that I can turn into projects.  Not far from where we live is a place called the Bernat Mills Antique outlet.  Today we went there and found this awesome modern chair.  Actually Liesl found it, I guess my minimalist aesthetic is rubbing off on her.  We bought this chair for $18.00, a steal.  It fits in perfectly in our house as well as it is a great source of inspiration.

More Insulation and Plywood

For the last few days and evenings ( essentially when I have spare time) I've been working on insulating the garage attached to the house.  This will give me a small space to do some extra work close to home  as well as help cut the heating cost for the house.  Our landlord has graciously agreed to pay for materials.  I also got a comission from him retro fitting some drawers in his kitchen cabinets of his trailor. I insulated the walls and then attached OSV/flake board to the walls and covered the seams with furring strips.  I can feel the difference already.