Lake House

My family and I spent an awesome week at the new Lake House a few weeks ago.
My sister and brother-in-law did a wonderful job designing the house for comfort and fun
when the whole gang is there - we really broke it in!!!
We had between 8 and 12 people in and out all week.

 

So here is a small tour - mainly of the rooms that the furniture I made is in:

 

Front of the house with the 4 Adirondack chairs I made.  My brother-in-law really wanted 4 colors, while my sister and I would have been more conservative.
He was right - I love how they came out.

That is my nephew's wife in the picture - she painted the blue and yellow chair!
 

 

 

 

 

Love the front door they choose!

 

 

Foyer

 

 

 

The dining room is to the left as you walk in.  Barb and Stu helped me design the table based on a table they saw in Napa Valley.
It is 90" x 48" and can seat 8 - 12!  There are more pictures of the table here.

 

My sister and brother-in-law!
 

 

I also made this cute bench that can be used with the table for extra seating.

 

 

Just beyond the dining room is the beautiful kitchen and beyond that an awesome screened in porch.

 

 

The living room is on the other side of the kitchen.
I made a large wood top for the metal coffee table in this room but it isn't in this picture.
It will be perfect for playing games by the fire on a cold winter day :)

 

 

Upstairs there are three bedrooms.
I made the queen platform beds for two of the rooms and painted the furniture in the twin bed room.
We made the platform beds high so that large suitcases could easily slide under.
For more on how I built those look here.

 

 

 

 And just around the corner from their house we have this!   I love Lake Michigan!

 

 

 I had so much fun building things for the house! 

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

 

This 'N That

This has been a very busy summer in the garage! 

While I was building furniture for my sister's Lake House

I managed to squeeze in a few other projects.

 

Both my Mom and I had knee surgery this past spring.

My mom had both knees replaced and I had arthroscopic surgery.

I made this little device so we could do some of our exercises.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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With some left over particle board, from making platform beds for my sister,

I designed these work tables.

 

 

 There is a hinge in the middle and one side folds on top of the other. 

 

 

On the side that folds over I installed the legs with a hinges and a lock to hold them in place.

 

 

When the legs are folded down the table takes up half the space.

 

 

I made two tables one 29" high and one 24" high.  The lower table slides under the higher one.

This gives me lots of table space but when they are not in use

they don't take up too much space in the garage!

Here is the lower table already being put to work.

I will be posting on this desk makeover later this week.

I love the height for painting furniture - it isn't as hard on my knees!

 

 

 

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My parents asked me to build them a little table to use in their den to hold some

files that were on the floor.  Here is what I designed and made.

I bought the legs and used wood I had in the garage for the top and aprons.

I stained the top and painted and distressed the bottom.

Thanks for stopping by!
 I will be back later this week with pictures of the furniture I made for the Lake House in the house!!!
 My whole family enjoyed a wonderful week at the Lake House earlier this month!

 

Lake Michigan Delivery

Last weekend Doug and I rented a U-Haul Truck and took the furniture I have been building up to the Lake House.  The house isn't quite finished but we were able to put the beds together - the carpet installers were finishing as we arrived :)  The table and Adirondack chairs were left on the enclosed porch so the floors could be finished this week.  Barb and Stu plan to bring the rest of the furniture up next weekend.  The house is beautiful and I can't wait to share pictures of my furniture when it's all done!!

 

But, for now here are some iPhone pictures for a sneak peak of what I have been up to this last month in the garage.

 

 

 

The huge and very heavy dining table - it is 48" wide by 90" long!

 

 

 

 

 

 Two of the chairs I made - Barb and Stu will paint them.  I made two more that I will paint and take up in August.

 

 

 I was glad I go the 14' truck.  We had some other furniture and mattresses to take up too!

 

 

 

The beds all set up in their rooms!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

I will post pictures once Barb has the beds made with their pretty comforters!!!

 

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Platform Beds and Headboards

 

My sister and brother-in-law are building a house near Lake Michigan!  It is scheduled to be ready soon so I have been busy making some furniture for her.  Beds are top on the priority list because a place to sleep is a good thing :)

 

This past winter I made a headboard for one of my bedrooms to practice:

 

 

 

 

 

I like they way it turned out and here it is in the bedroom:

 

 

 

 

 

 

So, for the cottage we wanted platform beds high enough off the floor to put a suitcase under the bed!

So with a little inspiration from Ana White and Pottery Barn Mason Headboard I got to work.  I made the same style platform for both beds and changed up the headboards just a bit!  As for the cost - I spent way less on everything than the cost of one headboard at Pottery Barn :)
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My sister bought bright quilts for the beds so we did a white wash in the open slatted bed and stained the other.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The third bedroom is going to have twin beds so we painted some old headboards and a bookcase a bright color to go with the navy and orange quilts!!

 

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by!