Next year I hope to replace the vinyl siding with Hardie Fibre-Cement siding that matches the house. It might look good in this photograph but it's quite faded and chalky upon closer examination.
New Hardie Board Fiber-Cement siding and trim.
Inside view of the wood shop with the new 9 ft wide door. This space can now double as a single car garage if I move a few tools around.
Having finished the garage renovation ahead of schedule I thought it was time to do something with those rough-cut fir slabs that I collected on Denman Island a couple years ago.
The elm slab legs were recovered from a friend's burn pile. The bark was shaved down with a drawknife to expose the cork-like material just below the surface. The finished product resembles well-worn leather.
This knot was preserved on the top and a willow branch remains on the interconnecting rung to provide some detail interest.
The red hue was created by baking the pieces in our wood-fired outdoor pizza oven at 350 degrees F for 30 minutes.
1-1/4" diameter holes were drilled and matching oak dowels were made to attach the top planks to the legs.
I also made these centering pins to help align the dowel holes with the top and bottom pieces. The top is pressed onto the pin points to show where the corresponding holes should be drilled.
The bottom side of the table top shows the dowel holes prior to glue-up. The inch deep, flat-bottomed holes were drilled with a forestner bit.
The finished table looks at-home in our living room.
