build furniture

I just finished up a garden box that’s generally based on an idea I read about in the New York Times a few months ago – a shallow, wooden box with mesh underneath it in which greens and herbs can be planted. I bought the supplies at Home Depot and Z helped me learn some basic wood fabrication techniques. I used Really Cheap Wood so it’s not the straightest thing in the world, and I had some measurement flubs of sorts, but I stained it to make it look a little less “rustic” and pretty soon I’ll be planting some seeds in it!

Not sure what my next project will be – maybe some bathroom cabinets? Also not sure when to mark this as done… I’d like to be a little more proficient at fabrication than I currently am.

Due to a random, unfortunate incident which involved my medicine cabinet spontaneously falling off the wall (kind of on my head… ow! and the shattered tempered glass everywhere wasn’t fun to deal with either), I am now designing a mirror + shelf combo to go in its place. Since I have yet to find any wood shop facilities and live in a studio apartment, my dad is going to build it since my youngest sister just left for college and he is bored at home and needs a reason to go into the basement and hide from my mom.

It’s a start!