Reclaimed Tasmanian Oak table

A friend of mine recently

 saved some timber from a demolition that he thought I might like.

Thank you Rob!!

I do like!

A lot!!!

Reclaimed Tasmanian Oak
roof beams

Ever since I first went into Mark Tuckey's furniture store,

 I have dreamed of making an amazing piece of furniture from reclaimed timber.

Luckily,

 I discovered a new workshop up in Northcote called 

Pop & Scott

They allow people to use their equipment for a small charge.

Or in my case, 

help me create something amazing

that I could never do on my own.

Scott was lovely to work with,

and he showed me how to do
 every step along the way.

First we had to remove the nails

ok..get my gear on...

Their workshop was so cool.
They have been featured in a few magazines recently
and I can totally see why!!

This room houses their awesome

thicknesser.

Scott showed me how it worked

 and even let me have a turn.

before

after

How amazing does it look?

Scott cut the mitered edges.

 A practice run...

to see how it will all fit together.

He showed me how to fill in the cracks and nail holes with a black putty.

Scott also showed me how to sand the timber.

This job he then left up to me.

My pleasure!

This timber was unreal.

I seriously could have sanded it all day.

It was smooth as silk

by the time I was done!

To join the pieces seamlessly,

Scott used a biscuit cutter to create theses slots.

Just to be sure...he put 5 on each side.

Tasmanian Oak 

is amazing in its raw state.

We needed lots of glue!!!

Now to put it all together

Pop & Scott

 have all the gear you need to make

 just about anything.

 They are currently expanding to include even more wonderful things.

We used these super large clamps 

to hold it together 

until the glue set. 

Now to wait 24 hrs

And here is the finished piece.

Well, almost....

I couldn't bare to varnish this amazing timber,

so for now it is unsealed

until I figure out a way to wax it and keep that natural colour.

My very own

hand made

 Mark Tuckey style table,

for a fraction of a fraction of the price.

Thanks 

Again

to

Pop & Scott

I can't wait to go back!

This costs nothing to do

 For a quick and inexpensive way to change up this bathroom

I put little branches that had fallen off the tree outside
in little brown recycled bottles.
I thought they would look nice on the window sill for something different.

I went away on holidays and thought all the leaves would be in the tub when I got home.

But instead this seems like the perfect place for plant propagation.

All the little branches grew roots instead.

The best part is now I don't have to worry about them at all 

except for topping up the water every few months.

Hassle free vases!!!

$ 0

Copper Leaf Vase

I recently came across some copper leaf at a craft store.

I have always wanted a good excuse to try my hand a metal leaf,

 but never had a project in mind,

 until now.

I saw the above metallic vases at Country Road this year.

By the time I went to buy one they were all sold out,

so I thought... why not try and make my own?

 I found this vase at an Opp shop for $1.

It was the perfect size and shape I wanted for my metal leaf experiment.

I used a soft make-up brush,

 some cotton gloves and some spray adhesive I already had.

For my first time, I am pretty impressed.

It is by no means perfect, but I love how it turned out.

 Now, to just figure out where to put it.