More fun with the jigsaw...

I sent my blog url to a friend whose first response was, "Why don't you put up some of your really nice projects?" Ha. Good, bad, ugly or close to perfect, I love all my work because I'm doing it for personal entertainment. Besides, those toy soldiers weren't half bad, I don't think. And it might be scary but it's not horrid.

Can't wait to see what the response will be when I post this, my second project.

My bench started out of what I think was a cutting board of some sort. It was a nice piece of hardwood with some some kind of fasteners that are pretty much unobtrusive. It measured 17" by 10. I had one of the old shipping pallet left that was two feet long and almost 6 inches high. I cut into two pieces (with the trusty jigsaw, of course). I used a paper plate to use as a guide for the arch in these two pieces... so what if it didn't turn out round. Oval is better anyhow.


With two more pieces of scrap 1 by 2 strips six inches each, I had all the pieces I needed to make the bench.

Everything is screwed together except for the 1x2 crossbars on the bottom. I used wood glue and I was going to finish off with some screws but I forgot. (Hey, this isnt' a sitting or standing bench. It's just something to hold a flower pot on the porch. Can't you see the water mark on the top?)

I tried to get as much of a uniform color as possible from an opened and half-full quart of stain I picked up at my local Habitat for Humanity ReStore. (If my photographic skills were better you'd see that the bench is actually a deep reddish color and not that faded milky looking picture.)

I like it. And it looks nice with a big pot of mums sitting on top of it.

My favorite projects seem to start with wood or tiles or glass. (Wait till you see my mosaic birdbath!) But if I see anything that looks like it could be recycled, I'll be busy doing figuring out how to turn something old into new.