Packrat Shelf #2

Pretty cool piece of wood? Do you have more from the same piece?

Nice job!

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

we have the other half of the board and then 2 more pieces. I’m going to put another shelf up on the other side of the room and then the 3rd piece is going to be used as a coffee table.

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

I really like the look of that high shelf.

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso -- http://blanchardcreative.etsy.com -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/

thanks Scott :)

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Nice chunk of wood, can’t help but notice the wild green color you painted your wall! LOL I like it though and it shows your willing to try different ideas.

-- --Chuck

This is a very unique shelf but what else could we expect from someone as unique as you are. Debbie, this is an interesting application for the maple and it takes an artistic personality to envision a shelf residing in that piece of wood.

Well done.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

Really interesting and attractive shelf, Debbie. I think it would look even better if you painted it the same shade of green as the wall. :-)

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

Pretty cool Deb, I like that kind of unique design for things, you know what Frank call rustic wood art. I do the same thing. Find something natural that you can find a use for without to much work. Me like. mike

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

beatiful live edge. very nice and a good choice. of course, a good piece of ash is always nice too.

-- Greg, CT

Chuck: I love my green. It changes colour all day long, from a soft sage green to a vibrant lime green. Before we shoved the TV in that area, the space was very “zen-like”. Now, it’s a green room. When my daughter moves out in the summer I’m going to paint another small room this same green and it will be my sanctuary.
(People either LOVE the green or hate it.)

Scott: thanks for the compliment. My artistic side sometimes feels trapped inside and then I’ll “create” and it feels sooooo good :)

Charlie: you are evil!! Paint maple?? no no no.. I won’t fall for that!! you don’t paint maple and you don’t paint walnut! See? I pay attention!! hahaaha

Mike: thanks Mike. I like it too—Rustic wood art. Gotta love it.

Greg: thanks. I love that edge as well, especially with the “hole” in the end of the board.
(rolling my eyes at the ash comment hahaha men!!) :)

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

what a cool shelf.

-- Steffen

thanks :)
I now have 2 shelves in the room… same wood (only this one has the hole in it though)

I thought it was going to look too closed in but it doesn’t..

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Yesterday at the woodworking show we saw a plank of spalted maple similar to the one used for my two shelves (minus the hole of course.) We also have another plank (I think I mentioned that already) that we will be using as a coffee table.
The price tag on the coffee table slab is $30.

The plank at the woodworking show (which we think is shorter in length) had a price tag of $100.

I love my shelves!!! :D

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Nice Debbie – I have made shop cabinet doors from wormy and spalted maple – the stuff really pops with the right finish. Sometimes you can find tiger striped or curly patterns in this stuff for half the cost of regular figured maple. Right now my digital camera has a hernia so once its fixed i’ll post photo’s.

Doc Hanson

-- Doc Hanson - www.ripnchisel.com