Sunset on the deck

I love chairs, especially Adirondack chairs.  Nothing speaks more about summer time and relaxing than these chairs.  I was sitting on my deck relaxing when the sun hit these chairs I made last year.  I had to take this picture.  These chairs are made out of an old pine bookcase I took apart.

Lynch's one more time

I was at Lynch's package store yesterday and saw the planter boxes I made filled with plants.  I had to take a picture.  I'm really happy with the way they turned out.

Lynch's Complete'

Today I installed the planter boxes at Lynch's.  I'm really happy with the color matching.  The folks at Koopman's Lumber helped me out  with matching the color to the pieces  I brought in.

There wasn't to many surprises when I took down the old boxes.  I had to paint some of the old window sill  but other than that the installation went smoothly.  

More Lynch's

The planter boxes for Lynch's Package store are coming along nicely.  The molding has been applied and painted a deep forest green.  I like how they are turning out.

Fine Woodworking Magazine

Please check out page 78 of the latest edition, August No# 234, of Fine Woodworking Magazine.  My chest of drawers is featured in the reader's gallery section. 

Lynch's - Almost there'

I've been working at the North Bennet Street School in Boston for the past couple of weeks.  I'm going in a few days a week for training and will be starting full time by the end of the month.  In the meantime I've been working slowly on the planter boxes for Lynch's package store.  The folks at Koopman's lumber  have done a great job on matching the color of the original boxes for me as well as the color of the molding.

The boxes are a barn red and the molding is a deep forest green. Hopefully I'll be installing them this weekend.

Lynch's - Continued

This evening I continued to work on the planter boxes for Lynch's.  The plywood box bottoms fit into a groove in the sides and then are glued and nailed together.  The cases are then covered with a two inch wide pine border  to add strength and character.  The corners of the boxes have a corner round edge attached to them to soften the boxes and to add strength.  The boxes will get a cove molding added to the case to match the molding of the exterior of the store.  I know that plywood and pine isn't that water proof but I have to work with a limited budget.  I'm also matching the old boxes that are there now, and this is what they're made out of.  If budget wasn't an issue I would use cedar.