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130-year-old Oak timber chair restoration
🖼️ The project: I found the early 20th oak chair at a recycling centre and it was still had solid bones after 130years. So it was viable to restore with minimal structural intervention needed. - Materials: Skikens 100ml Light Oak Oil in a sample pot Oak wood filler sanding block - Tools: Putty knife, Monarch paint brush,…
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Shelves for collectables from recycling wooden cotton reels
Upload Images Project Description I looked for ways to recycle wooden cotton reels I came across in an op shop. An internet referred to shelves so I set about making it happen Materials Boyles Hobby Wood Model Pack for the shelves Eight recycled wooden cotton reels and a length of dowel. The dowel and Boyles Hobby Wood…
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Restoration of Blyth 132 octagonal side table
I obtained this 1940’s veneered octagonal side table from the local tip shop goodies junction. It was covered in blue paint stains on the table top and the veneer was split and lifting from the base. It is a Blyth 132 occasional table produced in the 1940’s in accordance with Furniture Standard No1. I glued the split…
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How to restore a Victorian era stick stand?
This Victorian era oak stick stand complete with drip has been assaulted by some misguided Shabby Chic exponent. Please my one request is think before ruining antique furniture like this. The conundrum is whether to attempt to strip it completely or hide the shabby chic as an undercoat with more appropriate paint. To strip…
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Table using Teak top and hairpin legs
I constructed this table from a teak top together with three heirpin legs secured with galvanised self tapping screws. Unfortunately the teak top is no longer stocked thus it may be hard to reproduce. The total cost was $64 with the discontinued top $19 and each leg $14.95. I treated it with linseed oil diluted with…
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Street Library recycled bar fridge
I obtained a recycled and degassed bar fridge this morning from the local recycling centre to use as the basis for my street library. I have cut off the power cord and cleaned/labelled the unit. Repurposing an old useless white goods and rehoming books all for free. I have also submitted it to Street Libraries Australia…
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Table made from recycled materials
I have been making furniture recently after evolving my practice from just restoration. I found several flooring samples from the local recycling centre ( the Green Shed). I sanded one down, added some trim edges and attached “Adoored Steel 250 mm legs with galvanised steel screws. The Adoored Legs had threaded ends but…
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Made a new digging tool
I made the tool above “Plow it” out of a repurposed plough share, dowel handle and a stop for a walking stick. It is great for digging furrows for seedlings particularly vegetable seedlings. It is great for reach and for my ageing back muscles.
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Antique Brades Co Spade 1918 repaired
I picked up a Brades Co spade head made in 1918 from the recycling centre along with a package of other things for ten dollars. Some misguided individual had used it to mix cement most recently. After two weeks in the vinegar bath, a new Cyclone long handle and two galvanised self tapping screws another useful edition to…
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Revived outdoor chair
I rescued the tubular steel outdoor chair from the neighbourhood kerbside. I tightened and renewed the screws where required, then cleaned it and applied a coat Rustcoat Heritage Red spray paint recently purchased from Bunnings for another project. I also added chair tips where required. I off to Bunnings tomorrow to find…
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Recycled wheelbarrow used as planter
I recently noted the suggestion in the October magazine about recycling wheelbarrows into planters. I had an old Daytek barrow previously collected from the Green Shed it had only needed a replacement tyre but Daytek did not seem to provide spares so the planter option became viable. I drilled fourteen holes in the…
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Street library - Disused/unloved bar fridge required
I having been planning a street library for sometime for my excess books to share with my local community. I have settled on a recycled bar or wine fridge as the basic component and I was wondering if anyone in the Canberra region has one to donate for repurposing.
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Recycling Neta sprinker head
I found the Neta Sprinker Head at the local tip shop ( the Green Shed) and purchased it with a myriad of other recyclables for a job lot for $10. I went to the irrigation aisle at the local Bunnings and after a discussion with a stall member I purchased a Rainbird Sprinkler Stand and a double threaded extension tube. Hey…
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Portable blanket basket from March Bunnings Magazine
I have followed the instructions in the March Bunnings Magazine p63 but I have substituted an IKEA basket with pre-existing handles, refer photos. This also meant a substituted 5mm Taskmaster Wire Eye Straps instead of 4mm. Finally I have used Zenith Galvanised 20mm button head screws. Refer photos for final product.
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Recycled wine barrel table
I completed this morning a coffee/occasional recycling hoops from a degraded wine barrel fitted with a teak fj glulam round panel. I couldn’t locate them via the website but went in store at Belconnen forty minutes later the table sits on my veranda
