Musingi entertainment center

Spent most of the weekend working on the entertainment center for Cristal. Building all the cases at my house, taking cases apart to haul flat to Cristal's house. A few of the cases that are more involved, I am putting together and will haul put together. This is the case that will hold DVD's, Wii games and other "stuff". The cases will all be made out of oak veneer plywood, drawers are made out of poplar, with handcut dovetails and the fronts made out of knotty alder. Drawer slides always intimidated me, but after this entertainment center, drawer slides will be old stuff. So far, I have done 7 drawer slides and have not had to remove and replace yet!!

Hiawatha Bike Trail - Idaho/Montana border

In September 2011, my sister Pat, her husband Darrel, Scott and I went to ride the Hiawatha Trial. It's an old railroad bed. The rails have been removed and made in to a bike trail. Several railroad tunnels, trestles, and landmarks. The history has been preserved with several roadside billboards explaining what occurred in history at these locations. One tunnel is more than a mile long and requires lights to see through it. Beautiful country and great company!!!

Mariah's bunk beds

These bunk beds were made for Derrick and Mariah. Parker was about 4 years old and Zoey was ready to get out of the crib, so we made bunk beds. These were made at the furniture buildng class I was taking at Salt Lake Community College. The wood is knotty alder with a spray on polyurethane finish. These were done in December 2009.

Mariah and Derrick's bathroom

These are from Mariah's bathroom. Mariah and Derrick gutted their bathroom and I rebuilt the linen closet and put new fronts on the vanity. The wood is knotty alder, with hand rubbed oil finish and gel polyurethane rubbed on to seal it. Mariah is Scott's daughter. This was finished in November 2011.

Mission style end tables

These are Mission Style end tables. Also made a coffee table. All three are in the front room. Made out of native cherry and hand rubbed Watco Danish oil. These were built in 2008.

Cherry tool Box

This a tool box made out of native cherry. The joints are hand cut dove tails. The lid is a raised panel lid. The finish is hand rubbed Watco Danish Oil. This tool box will probably never see any tools in it, but it sure was fun. Gave this tool box to my sister Jan.

New door

This is it, the new door. Huge improvement. It lets light in to the front entry way and it classes up the front of the house a bunch from the curb!!!

Old door

We have been remodeling around our house. Painted all the rooms on the main floor, replaced the carpeting on the main floor and replaced the front door. The old door was plain and dull.

Musingi family

Cristal and Michael's family: 2010

Myka 11

Kenyon 10

Kyra 9

 

Myles 7

Oak cricket table

This table is called a cricket table. Don't know why. All the shapes are in a triangle; the top has 3 triangles put together to create a larger triangle, the legs are triangle shaped as well. The top turns and the drop down leaves are held up by the legs to create a round table top. The table is made out of Quarter Sawn. The table is finished with hand rubbed Watco Danish oil. This table was given to my sister Pat.

Cliff's bed

This is Cliff's bed. It is made out of knotty pine. It is a California King size, so very large. It is a platform bed, so it does not have a box spring, just a mattress.

Walnut night stand

This is a walnut night stand I made in a furniture building class I took at Salt Lake Community College. The coopered door has about 11 pieces of walnut, cut about 1 1/2 inches wide, cut with an angle on the long edges, so when glued together, it creates the curved door panel. After lots of landing and planing, the glued up seams can't be seen. The drawer is bent lamination. It has about 9 pieces of wood glued together over a form and put in a vacuum bag to let the drawer front glue and maintain the shape. The legs have compound cuts and then lots of sanding to give the nice shape and smooth finish. The night stand is in Cristal's house. Finished with Watco Danish oil. Lots of fun.

Cristal's entertainment center

This is the bottom of the computer cabinet section of Cristal's entertainment center. The plywood is oak veneer and the door frames and door fronts will all be knotty alder. On the computer cabinet, the drop down drawer front and the drawer front on the printer trary are out of knotty alder.