Category Archives: oldWood

The Doors

Posted on March 20, 2014 by admin

I’ve been working on the doors, off and on,  for forever. Back in 2012, when we’d moved to the green house and I didn’t have a place to putter, I put up a bench in the barn and spent half … Continue reading →

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The Master Bedroom Floor

Posted on May 29, 2013 by admin

Before the beams came out of the green house, we took out the floor they held up, and the floorboards went into a pile in Chuck, where they were in the way all summer long. These boards came out of … Continue reading →

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The doors. Part I

Posted on November 30, 2012 by admin

There are barns and there are barn doors.  And then there are doors made from barns. In Westford, I remember making the first set of downstairs doors on the day the carpet installer was there. I made them out of … Continue reading →

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Save the Beams part III

Posted on October 25, 2012 by admin

If you read Save the Beams or Save the Beams part II, you know we’re reclaiming a bunch of the wood from the Green house for use in the new one. Normal wood lovers just go to the reclaimed wood … Continue reading →

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Using old wood

Posted on October 24, 2012 by admin

When I started out working wood, I used only ‘perfect’ boards. Straight grain, knot free, smooth-planed wood. Nice stuff. The first time I stepped ‘out of the box,’ I needed a board to enclose the lights above the kitchen sink in Westford … Continue reading →

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