Pipe Box, Candle Shelf, Candle Box

Truly turning trash to treasures! Good save!

-- Earle Wright, Lenoir City, Tennessee

great use of materials!!!

-- Matt, Napa, CA...SING WITH ME: "Sum...sum...sum...summ...summ...summ...summertime..."

great postings and useful too. great ideas for christmas presents

-- a legend in my own mind ...

These all look very nice. What is the finish on number 1?

-- Maplewood, MN

oh yah!!
great job.

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

Just curiuos. What’s a pipe box?

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

Rikkor & GaryK…

Pipe boxes were in early American taverns & were used to hold long stem ceramic pipes. The stems are about 12” long. When leaving the tavern & after smoking the pipe, smokers would break of about an inch of the pipe off the tip (for sanitary ? reasons ?) & put it back in pipe box. The little drawer was used to hold “spills”, little strips of dried wood used to light the pipes from a fire place. I painted the pipe box with a light blue paint that is considered a “historic” color & antiqued it after painting. I clipped the sides off the heads of wire nails to make them look like old time hand forged square nails & glued & nailed the pieces together. Minwax Mahogany stain was used on the other two items to give them a deeper red color.

-- Frank, Florissant, Missouri

Three very nice useful objects made out of scrap. I am very fond of using scrap wood. Your information on pipe boxes is very interesting
Sharad

-- patanjali

Great lines & style. They look authentically old as well as being practical and useful. Thanks, too, for the original use & background info.

-- Pat, Hoover,AL Fresh cut wood smells almost as good as fresh baked bread!