Stealing an hour here, a half hour there,
I’ve gotten to work on a few projects!
A broken rocker, a vintage folding table, a really old school chair,
a broken kitchen chair, I cleaned up a small, very simple old dough bowl…
and REdo a REpurposed 2-tiered stand.
I was SO happy just to get to work on –something!
–Summer 2017 was the last one my mini-me-niece asked to spend with me.
She’s older now and would rather hang out with her friends—
I say with a pouty bottom lip, they grow up too fast.
* She went to the gym with me all summer. We played, goofed around, annoyed & harassed each other, experimented with all kinds of vegetarian dishes–and she wanted to work on a few projects with me!
*Gosh, I hope she still favours me above all others.
She discovered pinterest that summer and saw something she wanted to try making. We dragged through my stashes for interesting parts. We cut up and sectioned parts of a bed post, and I happened to have some wood rounds. I made all the cuts, and gave guidance on how to put the parts together, but she did everything else and had her own ideas for what she wanted. She seemed pleased in the end, and loaded it with mini cupcakes for a family bbq—and then wanted to sell it for the money! That’s my girlie!
Unfortunately, it never did sell, and I think she’s long forgotten the project–so I pulled it out of my antq mall space and painted the whole thing just plain ole white. It actually looks awesome now, and I’m not sure if I should tell her about it. But it’s back in the mall for sale again!
She primed and painted all the parts, and I helped her create a fanciful top with chandelier and lamp parts.
I helped her drill center holes to join everything together with a wooden dowel and wood glue.
The wood rounds were sanded, then I ran them through the router table with a 1″ round over bit. She sanded away with a variety of my sanders. I think she found them all kind of fun!
I can’t find the picture showing it all loaded up with cupcakes,
darn it, and it looked really cool!
Catherine & Aleigha
Freddy & Petunia 
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