Today I will show you how to create a rustic desk top using lumber and a Ryobi Biscuit Joiner. I had never heard of this tool and I am amazed by it. Leave it to my dad to have the best tools. In my last post we left off with staining the wood for the desk top. I had to wait a day for the stain on my custom desk top to dry. Then I had to wait a day for my dad to be able to help me put the boards together. When he called to say he was on his way, I was so excited to get …
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Behold, new things have come
I'm reading "When the Heart Waits" by Sue Monk Kidd. She says: A creature can separate from an old way of existence, enter a time of metamorphosis, and emerge to a new level of being. Life is full of cocoons. We die and are reborn again and again. By repeatedly entering the spiral of separation, transformation, and emergence, we're brought closer each time to wholeness and the True Self. To me this is just like 2 Corinthians 5:17: So whoever is in Christ is a new …
Make Your Own Built In Desk
Updated January 31, 2019 For our new home office I wanted to make my own built in desk. I chose this wall because the window faces the Bayou Teche and when I'm blogging (or working on my future book) I can look out and watch the fish jumping, squirrels running around, the birds and every now and then an alligator. I am trying to get this room done on a budget. So to save money I went to Home Depot and picked up two vanity cabinets. They are 60 inches wide and that is what I …
Welcome………..
My passion is Restoration. Whether it be a home, a room, a piece of furniture, my faith, my body, my soul. It always seems like I'm inspired to restore. That is where the inspiration for this blog came from. If you choose to follow this latest (project) of mine you will see what I'm working on each week and you will also have the opportunity to purchase pieces that I complete. I believe that we are all here for a reason. We each have talents that God has given us and …