Monday, May 25, 2015

Making Simple Cabinet Doors From Scrap Wood

Part of my ongoing school bus conversion project calls for cabinets through the entire bus.  These are the latest cabinets I built from donated scrap wood.

Bedroom cabinets

These were very simple to make. 

A basic 2" X 2' wooden frame and 1/2" OSB board base. 

The doors are as you see here.

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Living room cabinets

A little fancier door was required for the living room.

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Over entry door compound cabinet door

A compound cabinet door.

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Over entry door compound cabinet door

Hinged in the middle and opens up.

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Living room curio cabinets with LED lighting

 Curio cabinets with LED lighting.

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Living room curio cabinets with LED lighting

  Curio cabinets with LED lighting with room lights off.




See entire process at Instructables.com.  

And as usual,
Stick around... There's more to come.
Leonard

Sunday, May 24, 2015

Stain Wood With Snapple Iced Tea

This is certainly not a new idea. People have stained wood for years with such things as food coloring, clothing dye, berries and just about any other colored liquid you can imagine.

If you've been following my slow moving school bus conversion project you'll know that I'm converting a school bus to live, work and travel in. Right now I have an OSB board for a kitchen countertop. I've been kicking around what kind of countertop I wanted to make but I knew that I wanted to embed a map of the US in it. A friend donated me a load of 40 year old cedar planking and the wheels started turning. I purchased a map puzzle of the US on Etsy.com and the rest is history.

See entire process at Instructables.com.  

Stick around... There's more to come.
Leonard

Monday, May 4, 2015

A One Man Habitat for Humanity

A man was so upset seeing a homeless woman on the streets that he decided to build her a house.


Everyone can't travel off to build homes for people
or set off and single handedly build a home for someone else.
Many can't even volunteer locally.


Let's Start Being Human!