Designable MakesMy various ramblings, insights, and opinions on random topics.
A raw top featuring weathered rustic oak boards full of insane character. A raw, rustic top full of varied coloring, crush marks and staining where metal straps wrapped the boards for decades, nail holes, and slight unevenness. The boards run perpendicular to the bases length, as opposed to traditional longways. The entire top is raw, […]
When Modern Meets Rustic, a Tale of Two Tables To build this pair of modern meets rustic farmhouse tables, I used construction-grade fir lumber (2×4’s, 2×6’s and 4×4’s) I picked up from my local home center which I planed smooth and cut off the rounded-over edges. This gave me squared stock which produced tight seams […]
Split-top osage orange side table delivers a natural feel in a modern design. The osage orange side tabletop was originally a single piece that had cracked in half, so I cleaned up those edges, cut them at an angle and along the line of the crack. Mounted to the base they maintain a 1″ gap between halves. […]
Rubio Monocoat gave me some of my life back. Like many other makers and DIYers, I’m always looking for ways to speed up my build process and utilize my time effectively. For makers, more time saved means more money in the pocket and more opportunities to work on other projects. How do you save time […]