@Doghouse Riley I love to see where people perform their craft "magic", I have taken over the small bedroom. I picked up an old tea trolley at a charity shop,wheels are essential ,but the top has sliding out bits too. I got a second hand office chair in perfect condition also wheels. I save lids off Pringles to put paint on,and lids from jam jars to hold turps and oil,for oil painting. Its absolute bliss to spend a few hours up there,easpecially if its raining.😊 Can you get some card close ups? @Fire is your painted house a rock?
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This is the unit I built for her. It has a drop down desk, (actually, I've changed the desk bit since, it has internalsliding brackets that support it, rather than drop down legs), but she rarely uses it as it as she prefers to make cards in the lounge while she's watching TV.
This bit in the same room is my "office" I built, but I only use it if I need to print stuff off. The desk bit slides in when not in use to make more room as the room is only 8ft X 6ft.
I sometimes have this vintage Rotel tuner/amp on to listen to the radio or play mp3s while I'm "working."
I too prefer to use my laptop in my "den".... alright our small front room.
Here are some cards from Christmases past.
There's loads more.
Currently she's working on these which will be for our youngest granddaughter's birthday, who's into marine stuff.
Lovely! I really like the traditionally inspired Christmas cards. I would love a unit like that,it uses up hardly any floor space,everything beautifully labelled too.
The whole truth is an instrument that can only be played by an expert.
My wife has a habit of buying card cutters when replacement blades are "made of unobtainium" or just always out of stock. She's a few cutters of different sizes, some of which I get replacement blades on eBay.
Lovely! I really like the traditionally inspired Christmas cards. I would love a unit like that,it uses up hardly any floor space,everything beautifully labelled too.
Thanks for that. Those units are easy enough to make.
Just design it on a piece of paper having first found out what widths Contiplas or similar come in.
Then work out how many pieces you need. Then go back to the woodyard and get them to cut it for you (they will charge the cost of the material and usually for each cut they have to make, so you only need one cut for each piece out of a full length of material if you choose the right width).
Then carefully drill the holes necessary, countersink them, then screw it together on the floor as you would anything "flatpack."
When complete you can get little white plastic caps to press onto the heads of the screws to give a more professional finish.
You should find them ideal @Fire I have to stop myself buying them as they all look so tempting.
Thankyou for that info @Doghouse Riley,I will show the pic to the handyman of the house,it sounds straightforward. Theres a window replacement place near me,where they put windowsill off cuts in a bin for people to help themselves,could be useful!😊 I just have one guillotine,which was very cheap,it never seems to blunt,I hope thats not "famous last words"😊
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I love to see where people perform their craft "magic", I have taken over the small bedroom. I picked up an old tea trolley at a charity shop,wheels are essential ,but the top has sliding out bits too. I got a second hand office chair in perfect condition also wheels. I save lids off Pringles to put paint on,and lids from jam jars to hold turps and oil,for oil painting. Its absolute bliss to spend a few hours up there,easpecially if its raining.😊
Can you get some card close ups?
@Fire is your painted house a rock?
I really like the traditionally inspired Christmas cards. I would love a unit like that,it uses up hardly any floor space,everything beautifully labelled too.
Thankyou for that info @Doghouse Riley,I will show the pic to the handyman of the house,it sounds straightforward. Theres a window replacement place near me,where they put windowsill off cuts in a bin for people to help themselves,could be useful!😊
I just have one guillotine,which was very cheap,it never seems to blunt,I hope thats not "famous last words"😊