A WoodWork in Progress

As with most of my home projects, it began with a request from my wife. She is a plant-lover and has transformed much of our home into a jungle. Along with that comes the challenge of finding enough space for all of the pots, big and small. My wife asked for a shelf that we could put on the wall in our bedroom for small plants. I did a quick internet search and found images of what the internet calls a 'Shift Shelf'. Basically, it is a frame that has a few boards inserted into it, shifted from one side to the other. The design was simple enough that I didn't need to download any plans for it. I guess that comes from having a little bit of experience. I showed it to my wife, she loved the design and asked for 2 of them! Google search results for a 'wall plant shelf'. I sat down and drew up the plans. I looked at the wood I had available in my stockpile of scrap wood, and found that I didn't have all the boards I would need. I discussed it with the boss and we agr...

At the beginning of 2021, I completed the build of a large mirror frame. The blog post about that build can be seen here ( https://awoodworkinprogress.blogspot.com/2021/01/the-mirror.html ). Following that work, my wife and I had the big idea that I would be able to build a frame for any mirror that needed one, and even cut large glass mirrors to make smaller ones. It was a grand idea that resulted in me receiving a massive 8ft mirror that probably belonged in a commercial gym, or even a bathroom for a movie theatre. I don't recall what it could have been used for, but I accepted it as a free item from a local Facebook group. It was so large that my wife and I stored it in our living room, against the wall...behind a cabinet. It was simply too large to store it anywhere else, and I was busy working on other projects, so it sat there for 2 years. Finally, in January of 2023, I decided to give the mirror away on the same Facebook 'Buy Nothing' group. Several people accepted t...