Next Chapter Woodworking

Great to see that the Miami Dolphins planters I made this week be highlighted on Matthew’s page today.

Sold 10 planters this week, including two customer orders. It is always rewarding to give the customer what they want, even when it can lead late nights.

One fun takeaway was that while I was buying the wood for the six red planters, a gentleman stopped me and asked if I made planters. You never know where opportunity to grow your customer base may occur!

Behind the scenes, I am (and have been for a few months) working on cleaning out my half of the garage and organizing my tools and supplies. While waiting for paint on some planters to dry, I finally tackled the French cleat for above the workbench. This will hold the power tools that I frequently use.

Progress, not matter how slow, is still progress!

The unplanned Christmas tradition is I build something for the house. For Christmas 2023, my “favorite customer” asked if I could replace the wire shelf in the garden window with a wooden one. Initially the plan was simple create a wooden shelf to lay on the wire rack to disguise it, but the plan grew to redoing the look of the whole garden window itself.

The materials are ambrosial Mable and Baltic birch ply.

Click on the individual photos to walk through the steps of the project.