More Miscellaneous Crafts
Here’s a rundown of some of the crafts I managed to get through this year. First off, a bunch of one-dollar balsa-wood stegosaurus puzzle things…
Category: Crafts
Some crafts from this past year
It’s been a busy but rather productive year. I’ve even managed to squeak out a few crafty projects. A quick-and-easy upgrade I crafted was blocking…
Parrot Destructions
Living with two twenty-five-plus-year-old birds means dealing with things such as small slippery landmines that resemble watery guacamole, regularly repairing bits of doors that have…
Another Auction Craft
From the very same auction that yielded the bountiful crystal chandelier in the last two posts, I also picked up a bunch of small glass…
Cheap Crystals
Carrying on from the last post–another cool find from a local auction house was an old crystal chandelier. Once I got it home, I promptly…
Spice Cabinet or Jewelry Box?
After our bedroom was finally painted in 2023, I dug out my mother’s old spice cabinet. I had pilfered it years ago and over the…
A Chair for the Guest Room
A couple guests have mentioned that a cozy chair in the guest room would be a welcome addition. While we have a nice queen bed,…
Another Ottoman
A while back I picked up an ottoman cheap from an auction along with a bunch of other stuff. While I had actually made an…
More Old Tables Made New
Growing up, my parents had three tables in the living room that they purchased shortly before they got married–one long low coffee table and two…
Prettified Table Lamps
Almost two years ago, when I was off in Ohio helping tidy up my parents’ basement, I set aside a few things to have shipped…
Time for a Crafty Post
While waiting for some of the larger projects to percolate, I try to stay busy with a variety of crafty projects. Some of them warrant…
Round Table Tale
Early last year I found an interesting auction listing at a house in Connecticut with whom I’d done business in the past. When the item…
Other People’s Houses
When we get a dumpster in, we offer any remaining space to neighbors once our stuff has been packed in. Among the bits and pieces…
Another use for that fabric…
(For those who haven’t been following along, back in 2015 when we had initial inspections as part of the escrow process, we discovered the baffle…
More Custom Pillows
The lovely vintage couch I picked up at auction for the Great Room was a bit plain, but I had some leftover fabric I had…
Humans and Screen Doors
It’s not only birds that unwittingly run into glass here–humans sometimes fail to notice screen doors. This is a particular problem in Agent Smith’s office.…
Craft Break
Finally back to writing new stories about old stuff here at the ranch, but as a starter post to get things re-rolling here, it’s time…
More Crafts: Small Stuff
Small projects often occupy my time. Oftentimes it’s a case of ‘make it and forget it,’ but I do usually take pictures. Like this cute…
Painted Birds
A while back, I found some wooden bird figures on clearance at a craft store. They were fairly boring as just bare wood, so I…
All the Way from Ohio
Last fall I drove out to Ohio and spent a month visiting my parents. During that time I organized their basement. Things like the fifty-year-old…
New Old Table
In the north hall, next to the armchair and the ottoman I made, sat a table–one of those formed plywood ones from IKEA. The finish…
Sewing Round Things is Tricky
Another small detail I crafted for the great room are four round cushions. They’re pretty nifty, as they not only continue the round motif, but…
Evolutions…the North Office
My office, formerly used as a family room by the previous owners has gone through many changes and shuffling since we moved in to the…
Ottoman Empire and the Comfy Chair
A few months ago I created a bit of furniture to go with the chair I had reupholstered. First, though, the story of the chair.…
Extra Foyer Bits: “Custom” Shelves
Just like the walls and chimney in the great room, the foyer needed something on the walls on either side of the front doors. I…
Birds and Windows
People in glasses houses–besides not throwing stones–also need to find ways to mitigate the needless avian deaths caused by all that glass. With over 100…
Midge and the SCU Lightning Complex
As most of the world knows, much of California is currently on fire. Right now, the Purgatory area is currently beset with wildfires started by…
Linens and Things
Continuing the theme of quality-of-life improvements, a very simple one a year or so ago was reorganizing the cabinets in the linen hallway. When we…
Mirror Mirror
As mentioned in the last post, the 3D printer helped with a recent crafty project I created for the foyer/great room. I spent a few…
Dino Drawers
A tiny, odd project involved some cute dinosaur fabric I found on sale a while back. In just a few short minutes with my interlocker…
Small Stegas
I (stega) have been called stega for a long, long time. There’s a very long story regarding the early days of videoconferencing and male genitalia…
Spring is the time for nesting
Back from my vacation, I was delighted to move back into my office. I wrote about the new wall colors last November, even though the…