Try to cut off the water with three children at home and you will know why we waited for the first day of school to put in the countertop.
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
Countertop progress...really:-)
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Sunday, August 25, 2013
How I Found My Style...
I am SO excited to be featured over at Pamela's blog, From My Front Porch to Yours! Go by to see how I found my style in this house...
How I Found My Style Sundays
Anita
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Tuesday, August 20, 2013
My favorite burlap projects...
Burlap has been pretty hot lately so I wanted to share some of my favorite projects with you...especially since you are probably tired of seeing me in the wood shop:-)
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Sunday, August 18, 2013
Choosing the right finish and going for it...
I agonized for days over what kind (water or oil-based) and color of finish to use on the wormy chestnut countertops. I made a lot of samples with extra wood.
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Wednesday, August 14, 2013
Joining antique wood for countertops...
The countertop building continued today as we got all the boards glued and clamped. My countertop is really taking shape now!
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Countertop making part IV...
Yesterday, we started trying to figure out how to get these joints square without a jointer. You can see the big gap we had between the boards, and we had to get that closed up.
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Monday, August 12, 2013
Making wood countertops...part III
Let me warn you now, this is not going to be pretty. But if you want to learn to make countertops the hard way, this post is for you:-)
We started the day with our beautifully planed 150-year-old wormy chestnut boards thinking we would get the edges straight, then fit them together, join with biscuits and get them glued.
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An Anniversary...
The love of my life and I celebrated our wedding anniversary yesterday:-)
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Friday, August 9, 2013
Countertop making and the ongoing sink saga...
We got a great start preparing the wormy chestnut boards for my countertops today, despite the threat of rain. You can see part one, pulling off the boards, HERE.
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Thursday, August 8, 2013
Countertop progress...
Even though the weather looked like rain, we were able to take all the wormy chestnut boards we needed for the counters today before the sky opened up. It's amazing how something that seems so simple and easy as taking boards off a house can drag on and on.
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Wednesday, August 7, 2013
Country flowers
I have certainly had lots of beautiful flowers to bring in the house all summer here in the mountains.
My friend Bonnie brought these from her garden when she came for lunch a few weeks ago. Is that not the sweetest bouquet?
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Monday, August 5, 2013
One thing leads to another
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Labels: countertops, farm kitchen, faucet, kitchen, Pfister, vintage kitchen
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