Showing posts with label shelf. Show all posts
Showing posts with label shelf. Show all posts
Monday, February 24, 2014
NEW CHINA NEW BOOK SHELF AND THE WAY WE LIKE TO LIVE
For several weeks we have been searching for some new bowls on our Saturday morning outings. Some of our soup bowls have broken and we found ourselves constantly frustrated without the same amount of dishes as we were use to. Im happy to say that last Saturday we finally found some new bowls we really really liked.  |
| Our new English China bowls |
Our every day dishes are mostly second hand finds that we fall in love with.
We have 6 of this and 4 of that and we prefer it that way.
We once bought a box of country yellow mugs with matching salad plates and for good measure
two additional plates with the same pattern but in green.
We have also found some unusually shaped pieces, including this ginkgo plate and cabbage bowl.
But most of all we like purchasing fun patterned pieces that we have learned
not to be afraid of and to enjoy using them every day.
We ended up paying $2 each at a yard sale for our new bowls,
we simple couldnt resist the pink thistle design.
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| Alfred Meakin - Marigold - Astoria Shaped |
The weather here in BC has been great for yard sales and for painting furniture
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
Sharpening Shelf
Last February I posted about the movable Scary Sharp station I made for our school shop. Well, I just converted it into a permanent station:
It was just getting in the way and I had the brackets left over from an ill-fated home project. I might add a second layer with pockets for extra tiles/paper.
It did occur to me that if it had a tight fitting lid that would also contain the front edges of the tiles, I could mount it on hinges and let it hang flat on the wall. Then, when needed, it could swing up, folding brackets would swing out to support it, and the lid would lift up and hook to the wall. Cool. But rather a lot of work to gain a little space - maybe later...
PS - No, that corner of the shop is not really that neat and empty - I just moved everything out of the way to work on the shelf. We moved the woodshop down to the ground floor, which is great, but the room is a little smaller and Im working hard to get everything to fit.
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