Fort and club house – reclaimed and up-cycled!

This was an inspired build! I’ve always wanted to make a tree house or fort. My packing crate I used for storing cushions in, a bit more up-cycling and some of the wood from a spare garden table made for a rather simple and affective fort. The sides are left over wood from my shedContinue reading “Fort and club house – reclaimed and up-cycled!”

Reclaimed parquet oak wood corner shelves

We have a small single bedroom that doubles as an office. Space is at a premium so trying to get as many creative shelves up as possible makes sense. I had some offcuts from my herringbone parquet dresser and decided to make them into corner shelves. Learning from the dresser, and still not willing toContinue reading “Reclaimed parquet oak wood corner shelves”

Packing crate garden cushion storage

A problem that has taken longer to resolve— than it should of.  We have a swinging chair, I could not find a store large enough to take the cushions.  I was in oxford wood recycling and saw a packing crate for £25.  It was cool, and just fitted in our VW van.  Once home, itContinue reading “Packing crate garden cushion storage”

Reclaimed pallet cat and mouse toy box

At some point last year, I was sent to the shed, my work room, to tidy.  It had descended into chaos… again.  Normally, because I lack storage, and must work around stuff. It wasn’t long before I picked up some pallet off-cuts, got distracted, and made a box like structure with legs— but no topContinue reading “Reclaimed pallet cat and mouse toy box”