Category Archives: Woodworking

Wine Bottle Plant Stand

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I saw this idea for a plant stand on the web, and thought I could make these for our annual gift exchange.

They are very inexpensive to make, and I used all recycled materials. Of course the wine bottles were easy to obtain, as I do enjoy good red wine!

Fortunately, I worked for a manufacturing company at the time and was able to obtain some shipping crates. These were perfect for the table platforms.

You can make them any size you like. I made a template out of cardboard to determine the size I liked. It’s basically shaped like a large guitar pic.

After cutting out the platform, I drilled 1″ Dia. holes in each of the three platform corners.

Here are the cut and drilled platforms. I painted some and stained others. I just used what I had in the garage.

You can also paint a design on them if you care to do some extra art work. Below, I got a little into my ‘Picasso’ flow.

These tables are a good way to recycle some materials, and give a gift to someone too.

Garden Tool Shed Build

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You know you need a garden tool shed when…

This is certainly not the way to treat your tools, especially in the winter. So I decided to buy a garden tool shed. For what I wanted to spend, all I could find were poorly made plastic sheds.

I decided that I would be better off building one that would fit right next to the chimney.

I used 2″ x 3″ lumber to frame up the shed.

Once framed up, I placed it next to the chimney for fit. Looks just right to me.

Next, I sheathed the frame with siding. I’d never used this siding before, but it’s really nice. All primed on the exterior, and edge overlaps for a good watertight fit.

I wanted the pitch of the roof to match the pitch of the chimney. I used the sliding T bevel that I made in high school to determine just the correct angle. I guess I “really” did get something out of high school!

I had some siding left over and decided that it would also make good roof shingles.

I installed some goodies to hold up all the tools and well, very nicely organized now.

I am not sure how I will build the doors as yet. I’ll figure that out, and post the pics later on in this post.

What a joy to easily find the tool you need!