Desktop cabinet

     I had three of these drawers left over from a cabinet I bought and thought I'd work them into a small desk top cabinet. 

I cleaned up the original handles by using a grinder with a wire brush attachment.

Headboard from old door

     I made this headboard from an old door - this is for a king bed.  I make them in other sizes, ie. queen, double, etc.

Below is the door before I turned it into a king size headboard.

Stepback Cupboard with lock and key

     I made a couple of these stepback cupboards a few months ago and sold them all. So I made another.  

     Here I used an old dresser for the base which has original square nails.  I hunted up an old key and go the locks working on the drawers.

Church Window Bookcase

     I came across this old window frame from an old church in New Brunswick.

     I built out the sides and back and put in the shelving to make it into a bookcase.

Porch Cabinet

     I was going through a flea market a month ago and came across this nice old door, which has old ripple glass.  The man selling the door said it came from a set of doors from the old stone Charlottetown Public Market.  

This cabinet would work great in a porch.

     Below is the old Public Market building where this door came from.  The market was designed by William Harris and opened in 1904 - it was destroyed by fire in 1958.  The market was located where The Confederation Center of the Arts is today.

     I have bought hundreds of doors over the years but this is one of the best yet.  When we look at old photos of the building and it looks like the same door.

Chandelier made from horse powered treadmill flywheel

     I had this 5'-0" wide flywheel that came from and old horse powered farming treadmill and made it into a rustic chandelier. 

Below is an image of a similar wooden flywheel used in my chandelier above.  

Image cf. www.farmcollector.com

     There's twenty-one lights hanging from the wheel - I uses mason jars for the globes. I had my nephew up to help with the wiring of the fixture.  I painted the wiring and box to blend in with the wheel. 

     Wish i didn't have such a busy back ground that's not so busy to  show up the lamp better. But its over the top.

We rebuilt our Kitchen Cupboards this week

     My nephew Dwanye and I started doing over our cupboards last week.  We started on Saturday and we had them done yesterday, Wednesday. 
     After doing the roughing in on the cupboards. My nephew did the drawers along with the self-closing hinges, and I did the doors and drawer fronts. 
     We install everything yesterday.
     The first two pictures are the before photos.

      We're changing the colour of the cupboards to off-white and changing all the doors on the lower cabinet to drawers.

Below: The finished cupboards.  We also built an appliance garage in the corner. 

 Below:  Dwayne and I, happy with a job done!