I shall return to my travels on Monday, as weekends seem to be quiet in blog-land. Meanwhile, here are some pieces of green glass (which I collect) that I found at the car boot sale last weekend and which for just a pound or two apiece, came home with me.
Below is a beautiful Victorian mirror which we found a reasonable middle for. It had been lacking a mirror and gathering dust in one of the stables for several years whilst we mirror-hunted. Finally we found one that would do. It is actually oval (the angle of the photo makes it look far more circular than it is). Whilst the base is solid mahogany, the mirror is Walnut, but I am happy with it.
Below is the base my husband has been working on for weeks now. We bought the top half of this cupboard on stand many years ago at auction and just had it sat on the bottom half of an old wardrobe. Then my husband finally sorted out some bits of wood for this from his "collection" and so part of a desk, part of an old (burned) staircase, and parts from two old wardrobes (all solid oak) went into making this. Everything beautifully finished with hand-cut dovetail joints and perfectly fitted drawers. This flash photo doesn't do it justice as it makes the colour look totally different.
The photo below gives a better idea. My husband copied the design along the bottom from a piece of Carmarthen-made furniture we had already. The base cost him nothing but time.
I shall return to my travels on Monday, as weekends seem to be quiet in blog-land. Meanwhile, here are some pieces of green glass (which I collect) that I found at the car boot sale last weekend and which for just a pound or two apiece, came home with me.
Below is a beautiful Victorian mirror which we found a reasonable middle for. It had been lacking a mirror and gathering dust in one of the stables for several years whilst we mirror-hunted. Finally we found one that would do. It is actually oval (the angle of the photo makes it look far more circular than it is). Whilst the base is solid mahogany, the mirror is Walnut, but I am happy with it.
Below is the base my husband has been working on for weeks now. We bought the top half of this cupboard on stand many years ago at auction and just had it sat on the bottom half of an old wardrobe. Then my husband finally sorted out some bits of wood for this from his "collection" and so part of a desk, part of an old (burned) staircase, and parts from two old wardrobes (all solid oak) went into making this. Everything beautifully finished with hand-cut dovetail joints and perfectly fitted drawers. This flash photo doesn't do it justice as it makes the colour look totally different.
The photo below gives a better idea. My husband copied the design along the bottom from a piece of Carmarthen-made furniture we had already. The base cost him nothing but time.
Wow what a good job he did!
ReplyDeleteThis is a piece of fine wood-working. I like that K. has an eye for recycling unrelated salvaged wood--such a lovely glow.
ReplyDeleteKath & MM - he's a clever lad, good with wood. i think it must be in his genes as his g. grandfather was a ship's carpenter. The love of wood extends to the trees too, and his favourite part of the New Forest was the actual Forest (but not the Coniferous plantings of the Forestry Commission). He LOVED our walk through the Giant Redwoods especially (see header photo).
ReplyDeleteWe have in our kitchen an old-fashioned linen press which is like a plainer version of that cupboard. I find it so useful but it is so large that it needs a large kitchen like ours to fit into. You have been lucky with that green glass - you will soon fill that cupboard at this rate.
ReplyDeleteI love green glass especially the kind that tends to the blue-ish side.
ReplyDeleteYour cupboard is wonderful,the great art of woodworking seems to run in families.In my Mother's family nearly all the men were carpenters,boat builders(wooden boats of course)wheelwrights and undertakers who of course made their own coffins.I have two cousins also, who have carried on this family tradition,one is a retired woodwork teacher and the other makes bespoke wooden windows.
ReplyDeleteDoes any of your glass glow under UV light? They used to make it green with uranium and it gives it all kinds of weird side effects.
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