Weekndr Project: Front Door Cedar Awning

Mostly to keep the rain and snow from piling up in front of the front door, I got to work this past weekend building a wood awning over the entry to the house. It’s constructed entirely of cedar purchased at my local home center. The support brackets and header beam are 4×4 cedar posts. The [...]

In My Mind Everyone Loves the Wood Shop

As the sole man figure of the Weekndr household I’m usually outnumbered by the ladies of the house when it comes to deciding how we spend our free time.
If it were up to me, we’d be hanging out at the woodshop all day working on power tools and enjoying the aroma of fresh-sawn wood, then [...]

Things That are Round and Made of Wood

A collection of weekndr woodturning projects from the past decade:
A round mirror made of African mahogany with a carved diamond bead around the rim. A redwood burl platter with bark inclusion. A spalted sugar maple bowl with an abandoned maple syrup tap hole. A collection of small forms, and two small boxes, one in the [...]

It’s ‘Wainscot’ not ‘Wainscoat’… and How To Install It

Our bathroom got a makeover over the past few weeks thanks to the heroic painting efforts of misses weekndr and my own do-it-yourself inspiration.
We installed wainscoting in our bathroom and used the opportunity to choose a new paint color, one that “complements our skin tones” as the wife notes, and lightens up the place. Before [...]

Weeknd Project: Building a Small Fence and Deck

This weekend brought sunny summer weather and a few outdoor projects around the house. There was the moldy old white picket fence, which has needed replacing since we moved here six years ago. And there was the small deck extension I started last month, which was badly in need of a railing to prevent free-falling [...]