Category Archives: woodworking

Wednesday Woodworking – Louis Cubes, Parquetry or Marquetry?

Last weekend was the quarterly marquetry workshop and this month we’re building a box with parquetry on the top using the famous Louis cube design.  The name comes from France and the reign of Louis XIV because the pattern was … Continue reading

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Wednesday Woodworking – Marquetry on a Shaker Oval Box

Since I’ve had restrict my walking around the last week, I went back to my marquetry bench and starting working on my next project.  This will use a bird that Heather drew for me and I wanted to do a … Continue reading

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Wednesday Woodworking – Kitty Ladder

For those of you who think I can’t indulge a cat more than I do. Here it is: KITTY LADDER Yes, I put carpet on the ladder so it wouldn’t hurt my darling’s little feet. Two of the cats have … Continue reading

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Wednesday Woodworking: Cat Shelf

Finally installed the cat shelves.  Yup, you read that right: cat shelf.  A place to keep your extra cats. Well, not exactly.  Last summer we enclosed part of patio and that’s where are kitties live.  We thought it would be … Continue reading

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