... is that they are fitted ( Read more... )

Well I have made some progress on the cabinet doors- four of them are stained and glued where they need to be- I'm waiting on the stain to cure before I polyurethane them. Only four instead of all 12 because it's been raining on and off here- that and I don't have enough stain- this plywood is drinking it up like mad. However, slow and steady wins ( Read more... )

I had so much to do this weekend, I can hardly believe I got it all done ( Read more... )

I'm having trouble motivating myself to get off my duff and finish these doors. That the temperatures are in excess of 100° could have something to do with it!

I finished the summer curtain for the back window tonight- I would have had it last night except that I promised one of our regular customers that I would hem his new overalls for him. Somehow the inseam he is used to wearing is too long now ( Read more... )

I got the quote for the copper panels on the doors of the cabinet today:

$719.30

$719.30

$719.30

SEVEN HUNDRED NINETEEN DOLLARS AND THIRTY CENTS!!!!!!
We will be having wooden panels for all the doors in the cabinet ( Read more... )

( Pictures! )

( I suppose you would all like a progress report on the cabinet? )

Well, my plans for the evening changed. So now I'm going to work on my shelves instead of hanging with a friend this evening.

I want you guys to be very very proud of me- instead of buying fabric to make curtains, I actually bought finished curtains. First time in my life, even.

So I may be able to get the bones of the cabinet and the curtains up ( Read more... )

I have a plan now to build this cabinet doing one little thing every day. Yesterday I cut the uprights. Today I was supposed to cut 32 shelf supports but I am so bloody tired that I'm giving myself a break. I got out the pieces I'm supposed to cut the supports from... and realized that I don't have enough and just crumpled ( Read more... )