Larry | March 8, 2010
There’s an old story of a cobbler who has quite a following of happy shoe owners. But somewhere in the story we are told that the cobbler’s son has no shoes. This story is used as a moral lesson in several contexts and I’m not here to quibble with any of them. But I think [...]
Larry | February 15, 2010
I’m struggling with the design of the vanity area of a bathroom, as described in a previous post. While I’ve been keeping SketchUp warm, everything I come up with looks like a big box and I’m not sure what to do about it. So, I’m coming to you. Any and all ideas will be appreciated.
Here’s [...]
Larry | February 1, 2010
We often find ourselves building a cabinet or furniture piece for a particular space. I thought it might be useful to report on my actions as I stumble through the design and creation of a set of bathroom cabinets.
I must start with a confession. Years ago, in a galaxy far, far away…no, that’s another story. [...]
Larry | December 16, 2009
If you’ve been following my blog you know that one of my current projects is a hanging cabinet that will house a spoon collection. I’m at the fiddly stage. All the basic construction is done and I’m dealing with hinging, wall mounts bracketry, door magnets – the fiddly things. In many ways this is the [...]
Larry | November 18, 2009
Do you own one of these? Do you carry it with you everywhere? Writers are fond of carrying notebooks. They record ideas, observations, facts and probably grocery lists in their notebooks. Writers tell you that to be a writer you must write constantly. Apparently they do.
I acquired this habit as a writer but I do [...]
Larry | August 24, 2009
For the past few years my “saw bench” was a crate with a piece of 2×8 screwed to it. It was sufficiently ugly and disfunctional that it hasI’ve never let it wander in front of a camera lens. It is no more as I gave it to the neighbor to put in his outdoor fireplace.
And [...]
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