My house is a 1930s bungalow and the bathroom has the original mint and black tile. How to coordinate decor? The walls are a light beige-ish pink; the warm color balances the cold feeling from ...
http://2manyirons.blogspot.com/2012/11/my-house-is-1930s-bungalow-and-bathroom.html
From the previous post you can see the progress from rough beginnings to finished piece. This artwork was made for a "shadowbox" show at Warehouse 416 in Oakland that was shown in October and No...
http://2manyirons.blogspot.com/2012/03/from-previous-post-you-can-see-progress.html
This little cupboard type object is for a specific project that I'll share more details about when it is further along. I was intimidated by the idea of making my first cupboard/box type object...
Bad picture, I know. This is the door with one coat of varnish. I'll be keeping it in the garage until the next time it stops raining for a few hours and I can work on it again. When I moved i...
http://2manyirons.blogspot.com/2011/03/stripping-and-staining-door.html
Variations on creepy... Every year I add at least one little piece in pursuit of building something really elaborate and fun.
http://2manyirons.blogspot.com/2010/10/more-butterflies-for-halloween.html
Here's the house decked out for Halloween. I still have to decorate the porch but the yard and window are done. At night the crosses have electric tea lights to make them visible and the window...
http://2manyirons.blogspot.com/2010/10/setting-up-for-halloween.html
A friend of mine posted a picture of a miniature Dia de los Muertos inspired cat figurine on his Facebook page and it inspired me to make a full-size cat skeleton. I wasn't going to do a cartoner...
http://2manyirons.blogspot.com/2010/10/new-cartoneria-cat-for-halloween.html
Because butterflies are something you think of for Halloween decorations, right? Well, maybe not. My goal is to make my Halloween decorations a little more elaborate every year. This year I a...
http://2manyirons.blogspot.com/2010/09/butterfly-decorations-for-halloween.html
My favorite part of finishing wood is being finished with it. I'm a ways away from that now so I had better suck it up and keep working. After I finally finished sanding I wiped it down with ...
http://2manyirons.blogspot.com/2010/08/progress-on-refinishing-old-desk-chair.html
I bought this old desk chair at the same time I bought the church pews. It's a great old chair but the photo doesn't do justice to the poor condition of the finish. It was pretty scuffed and sc...
http://2manyirons.blogspot.com/2010/08/refinishing-old-chair.html
Halloween is my favorite decorating holiday of the year. Ever since the time I was a child trick-or-treating and came across a neighbor's yard decorated like a cemetery I was smitten. In my gro...
http://2manyirons.blogspot.com/2010/07/time-to-prepare-for-halloween.html
As mentioned in a previous post, I bought some 100 year old church pews from a Church in San Francisco that is remodeling. All they had left were the longest pews at over 20 feet. That is too...
http://2manyirons.blogspot.com/2010/07/anatomy-of-antique-church-pew.html
Can't put too many irons in the fire unless there is a fire, right? Here is my new little Champion coal forge. The bed is only two feet square, big enough for most of what I will do and is port...
Luckily the garden doesn't take as much time as most of the rest of my interests, especially if the BF is doing the vegetable planting. A lot of progress compared to when I last updated !
I volunteer with a non-profit industrial arts organization in Oakland called Kinetic Steam Works, and last weekend we went to Maker Faire. If you've never heard of Maker Faire , it is a kind o...
A church in San Francisco is undergoing a major renovation and getting rid of the old pews as part of the renovation. The church was first built in the 1800s but destroyed, along with much of S...
http://2manyirons.blogspot.com/2010/03/100-year-old-church-pews-woodworking.html
A couple of years ago I took out my front lawn and replaced it with mostly drought tolerant plants, plus three 4 x 12 foot planter beds. I believe that lush lawns in drier climates are an envir...
http://2manyirons.blogspot.com/2010/03/garden-season-starting.html
I enrolled in a woodcarving class. I previously tried experimenting on my own after reading books but I did not feel confident. We were each given a chunk of poplar and asked to come up with a ...
http://2manyirons.blogspot.com/2010/02/learning-new-skill-woodcarving.html
I am going to be serving tea in the Kinetic Steam Works "Arsenic and Old Lace Tearoom" at the Edwardian Ball next weekend in San Francisco and I needed an outfit to wear. I've never been to ...
http://2manyirons.blogspot.com/2010/01/edwardian-ball-dress.html
I decided to start this second blog because not all the arts and crafts I do are medieval and I'd like to keep my original blog, Medieval Arts and Crafts , limited only to things medieval. My med...
http://2manyirons.blogspot.com/2010/01/because-i-have-so-many-irons-in-fire-i.html