Recently, I thought I needed more outdoor furniture. I found some plans online to build a Cedar Bench. These were not very good plans, so I had to adlib in several places. Despite that, the bench turn out fairly well. The plans call for making the legs of the bench out of 4×4’s, the arms […]

I happened to see some plans for Adirondack Chairs on the Rockler website recently. I liked the look of them, so I thought I would make a pair for my wife and myself. I didn’t want to use standard big box store cedar so I bought some “tight knot” cedar at a lumber yard. It […]

We have a couple of mirrors around the house, one of which I built. However, I wanted to build a mirror for the entryway of our home. I found some plans in a Woodsmith magazine article. The plans called for making the mirror out of Red Oak, but I chose Cherry. I think Cherry is […]