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Hello. This is me, worst model ever, showing off my @searchandrescuedenim apron. I absolutely love my apron, and Will at S&RD has been fantastic both before and after I bought it. I had one sniggle, which was that the X straps prevented the apron from cinching tight to my waist. I reached out to Will, and he sent me the waist strap, for just the cost of shipping. And a hat. Which I am also terrible at modeling. My apron now feels absolutely perfect. If you're looking for an apron, Search & Rescue Denim has a wide range of materials, some really cool finishes, and will customize your apron however you want. And, they're Canadian. #shopapron #apron #madeincanada #needmorecoffee #terriblemodel

It's getting pretty full, and it's been a while, so here is the current state of my handtool cabinet. Enjoy! Feel free to ask about anything in there. #heyfww #handtoolcabinet #handtoolholder #toolcabinet #toolstorage #handtoolstorage

This is other picture of the wall hanging planters which the client sent me. I was really concerned with ensuring there was proper drainage (especially after seeing the rot on the cedar handrail and newel post at another client's). The tops of the verticals are angled, the cross bars which support the galvanized steel inserts are angled, the tops of the cleats and spacer bars are angled. The steel insert boxes have drainage holes drilled into the bottoms. Having the planter broken into 5 sections allows for a regular person to remove each section easily, even when full of dirt and plants. Or, just the insert boxes can be removed. All about options. #wallplanters #planters #wallhungplanters #wallplanter #customfurniture #customfurnituretoronto #cypress #madewithosmo

Late night install for me, and early morning photos by my client. Five cypress wall planters holdin fourteen galvanized steel boxes. Planters are finished with Osmo UV Oil. The steel boxes were made by Danforth Roofing Supply. They are hung on a French cleat, which is spaced off the wall with 2" x 2" x 1/2" aluminium spacers. I wanted to keep any organic material off the stucco (they've had issues with it). Thank you for sending the pictures, Tara. Been fantastic working for you again. #wallplanters #wallplanter #customplanter #customfurniture #customfurnituretoronto #cypress #madewithosmo

Small project, which actually started out smaller. Client was having the front porch repainted, and the painter pointed out that the handrails, where they met the bottom newel posts, were rotted. When I arrived to replace them, I found that, well, the cedar cladding on the posts was also rotted. Which entailed a complete recladding of the posts. I stuck with the existing look (the upper newels were fine). I did, however, take a lesson from the book of @gosselinkfinecarpentry, and shape the top of the handrail to better shed water. I also caulked the snot out of it after the pictures were taken. #handrailrepair #cedardeck #paintgrade #deckrepair

Current project: strip a set of red oak stairs in preparation for matching to the new, pickled, white oak floors. Card scrapers cleaning up what the sander can't reach. Gotta say, a real test of your card scraper sharpening skills is to do it on site with a bastard file and your hand as a vise. The most amazing burnisher from Liam @weeatthesun certainly helps #stairs #stairrefinishing #stairrefinishingworkinprogress #staircaserefinishing #staircaserefinish #donnotsweatontheoak

Happy shed-urday! Just finished assembling this prefabricated cedar shed. It took @leo.of.all.trades and I two days to prepare the site and assemble this 10' x 12' sweet smelling out-building. Clients are happy, and have asked me back for a number of other jobs. I made the decision last month to begin splitting my time between furniture and general carpentry/handy-person work. I started out as a handy-person, and transitioned to furniture. Problem is, as much as I love it, I don't make enough of an income on the furniture. By splitting my time, I can feed both my soul, and my bank account (and family). #cedarshed #shed

Wall hung planters in cypress, ready for finish. To add to @bluecheak's post, I underestimated how long these simple planters would take to build - many parts add up. I was up late last night assembling them, when I had hoped to have the first coat of finish on them before dinner. #timeunderestimater #cypress #wallplanter #wallsalad #betterthanfloorsalad #customfurniture #customfurnituretoronto

Needed to put a consistent bevel on a pile of parts. An angled sled/sub-table for the thickenesser makes it easy. #workshoptips #bevel #thickenesser #planer #planerjig #thickenesserjig #planersled #thickenessersled

Planter parts Jenga. Resting, acclimating, hopefully not moving much before tomorrow's final dimensioning. This cypress has been in my shop for four years, since building a set of shed doors and a fence and gate. It is finally being used, this time as a wall garden. I like cypress for exterior work - slightly harder than cedar, and far less expensive. Still takes a toll on cutters, though. #wallplanters #jenga #stickerinception

And hung! Installation proved to be as much of a challenge as building the door. Turns out the contractor did not install blocking, as requested by the client during the renovations. In addition, the predrilled rail had a 17-3/4" hole spacing. Oh, and the included standoffs were meant for no baseboard. So, I opened up the wall to install blocking (and practice my drywall patching skills). And made a spacer block. And drove to the middle of nowhere to get longer stainless steel lag screws. And fought with the soft close mechanism. In the end, everything works, looks good, and the client is happy. Oh, and thank you, Brian - the door is lightweight and perfectly flat. @bjmacwoodwork #barndoor #customdoor #custombarndoor #customfurniture #customfurnituretoronto #foamcore #foamcoreplywood

First round of oxidizing the red oak. If it were mine, I'd be leaving it as is. I love the colours. As it is not mine, it will get a wash of black waterbased stain to even things out. #custombarndoor #barndoor #customdoor #redoak #oxidizedoak

Back from vacation (well, we're home, but I'm not back to work until Monday), and I just had to take all the clamps, cauls, and weights off the door face to see how it turned out. Over all, I'm quite pleased. There's some squeeze out to clean up, as was to be expected. There's a bit of unevenness in height between boards, which could have eliminated if I had left them just a little thicker. The edges were chamfered, and being so thin, made easy for them to slide under each other and wedge one up a little. It adds a little extra texture, so something I can live with. The great thing about how it was built is that I can easily lift this 48" x 87" x 1-3/4" door by myself. #barndoor #slidingdoor #customdoor #custombarndoor #customcabinetrytoronto #customfurnituretoronto

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