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Insulated wine storage box

We recently moved house and to my panic all the usual good places for storing wine had hot water pipes tuning through them. Not great for storing fine wine for the long term! We have some wooden storage boxes my wife doesn’t love, I combined two together and used some unused underfloor insulation, and aContinue reading “Insulated wine storage box”

Reclaimed Wooden Mantlepiece

For the eagle-eyed this wooden mantlepiece may look familiar. It was the windowsill in my old bathroom. I had sanded and cut to fit the space- https://coolupcycled.com/2021/05/31/bathroom/ Upcycled. Used again as a floating mantelpiece with some brackets.

Wardrobe to toy chest

This upcycle was not made by me- however… it was made out of my wardrobe. I had a pair of wardrobes, one you will have already seen I upcycled one for my son with some basic chalk paint and stickers. The second wardrobe had a much more extreme makeover. I offered to my neighbour, aContinue reading “Wardrobe to toy chest”

Upcycled pine wardrobe

We welcomed a new member to our family a few months ago. After months of debating a jungle animal theme was chosen for the nursery. Creative fun was to follow! Some pine furniture was handed down several times and been saved, on numerous occasions, from the skip. It is actually quite nice, just a bitContinue reading “Upcycled pine wardrobe”

Parquet Dresser

This was one of these epic jobs I wish never to have started. Probably one of the largest. And, I can’t even really remember how, or why, I thought I would try and make this parquet dresser. It began with some reclaimed parquet floor, I had already used some for a small pipe table. ThereContinue reading “Parquet Dresser”

Child’s oak chair

I picked some lovely oak and returned home to plan. With my saw table I cut some small struts from the same wood I would use for the legs. The seat itself was a lovely piece of oak. The wood was sanded. Using a chisel I made holes for the struts in the legs andContinue reading “Child’s oak chair”

Pallet potting table

Apparently I’m a messy gardener. In defence, I think it is down to not having the correct configuration. With this in mind, every year plastic pots, compost and chaos ensued around potting time. This year it would be different. A couple of old pallets were bolted together. Some left over kitchen work-surface out to useContinue reading “Pallet potting table”