I know that my carpentry skills have a lot to go but I am especially proud of the creative aspect of this project.

My sister is getting married in 5 weeks, and she had been looking for a bread box. After spending weeks on Lumberjocks looking at Work-Bench designs, the concept hit me to create a bread box that resembled a workbench.

There are a lot of things that I am proud of in this project. To begin with, the top is my first successful glue-up panel out of pine. It was hand planed using a Stanley 10” inch plane from Lowes (it got the job done!)

The Oak frame was built using Kregg jig. It was finished with Danish Oil, and the top with Minwax Poly.

After racking my brain on what to do with the sides, I found the beautiful Bella wood paneling. It was the perfect touch!

My sister opened it yesterday at the shower and loved it. She truly has a one-of-a kind bread box.

Dimensions are 16” long, and 10” tall.

This was my first HUGE undertaking in carpentry. To start, I had to build a platform on which to tile, because when we removed the old cabinets, it was a 1 inch unfinished deficit.

The side pillars were recycled from 80 inch posts that we removed from another part of the house and wanted to save.

The door frames were fabricated from plywood, because at the time I didn’t realize you could buy just a 1×2 for frames. I actually ran these through a router table backwards. I didn’t have any kind of pocket screw kit at the time nor did I know anything about joinery, so they are butt joints with screws (that actually split the wood and I clamped, glued, and sanded to fix.)

The finish was first a coat of white paint, and then the dark cream. After the cream dried, I sanded and sanded to get the white to show through.

The counter-top is made of pine (probably a bad choice for this bathroom, but it will get dinged up and go with the weathered look.) I didn’t own a handplane at the time, so I sanded for till I couldn’t feel my arms.

The last pic is a frontal view showing the finished drawers, doors, and counter top.

Wow, did I learn a lot on this project, but it sure was fun. (Oh and I built and painted the mirror frame to match the style of the room)

I’m brand new to chickens and only a few months into carpentry. This post is a best of both worlds. Made this chicken brooder table this morning in about 2 hours, from all scrap materials.

It is a 2×4 frame with particle board top. Legs are 1×2, to save weight because it didn’t need a lot of structural support.

The dimensions of the top are 3×4, which gives me 12 sq foot of space for six chickens. They should be able to stay in here up to 5 weeks before moving outside.

These are all Rhode Island Red hens. I will be building the actual chicken pen soon so I am excited about that project.

This is staying in my basement and I have put a heat lamp in the brooder. I looked online for pics of sample brooders, and felt like this was a really simple option. It is indoors so doesn’t need a top on it. Hope someone else will find this idea useful too.

The legs are 18 inches. Just high off the ground so you don’t have to bend over, and the 24 inch wire allows you to reach in and adjust things. Perfect set up.