Heat vent covers

They are demolishing  a house behind ours and lots of goodies  coming  out that the guys want nothing too do with.  But i do!  Basically whatever  i am able to carry or load up.   These are going to look great in replacement  of the standard  ones we got with the apartment  on Lill street.  I looked up these frames and their vents up on ebay and they range anywhere from 80 dollars to 300 dollars depending on condition  and design.  But i am going to use these immediate ones in the apartment.  They do make re issues of these vents for those looking.  Luckily for myself these are the real deals...

 

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small table foldable future project

Had another (jumble)  dropped off today.  Small mid century coffee table^corner table as far as I can tell from the box handed to me.  Take a look for yourself,  but im excited about it!  You tell me...

end table

Still contemplating this table we were given today as a possible restoration piece.  From the photos you can see the detailing is incredible. And I m a sucker for end tables in general,  especially with little drawers.  Originally looks like it had almost a leather topping, or something to be apparent of it.  Looking closer its a man made material.   Looking for numbering or labeling I got "Mersman 8512" stamp on bottom of the drawer.
See how it looks to us in the a.m.  go from there...

work bench

Ive  finally gotten my bench finished for working on my projects inside or out.  Gets it up off the ground.  Work good for staining and re finishing keeping everything off ground.  Now all ive got to do is find a place to do my work not in my house...

day 2 coffee table with glass drawers

Second day work.  Since all refab is done in the apt we have to become creative on when and where we can do certain things.  This today being gluing some of the joints just as a precautionary measure.  We put all the joints back together with the supplied screws and anchors.  But just to be safe I added a little bit of the Elmers wood glue on the pegs.  Pressing it in the hallway so that hopefully its out of the way before the Mrs . returns.   We spent a lot of time last night working (sanding) down most of the components.   The only part I have concerns over is the top piece and its ability to be made 100 percent flat and level.
After 45 minutes or so I will set it back up and document where we stand as of Monday at 2pm...
Its a lot more effort doing all this work in our 1 bedroom aptm. If it were 2 I could at least commendere one of the rooms for my work and painting.  Until then though...

tv stand day 1 breakdown

tv stand (new project Oct 24th)

Just got this in today.  Obviously needs  some work in regards to some stains and abrasions.  Same with the back, we will replace that with something natural.  I have just the piece set aside.
I think ill take off the front doors, do some work on the glass.  Also the back.  Sand it down lightly, maybe not even have to totally refinish the entire piece.  Heres what we are starting with...

the arts building

Another one of the buildings we saw downtown the other day.  Again, also, artists lofts in the spaces available.  

sewing cabinet finished

Started on this a week ago.  Finished up I left all the original parts and now we are using it as a writing desk in the front room.

stages of a rehab on one cabinet

We did this project a few weeks ago and all ready posted the end result but I wanted to post some of the beginning and processes

we went through to get to the final piece.

theater tour

Yesterday we went for a small tour downtown and this is one of the things we were able to see.  This old theater is no longer in use, in fact with the exception of the theater itself the rest of the building is all artist lofts.  Some of the artist's have been in this building for over 20 years.  Very inspiring space to visit let alone do your work in.