Today we worked in the basement.
Mike hung his cabinets, built the base for a second work area with pallet wood (the stringers), and a rolling cart for his tool chest, also from reclaimed materials. Pretty cool I think.
Just needs a top and and it's done.
He also finished the shelves for the bathroom, so I was able to get more stuff put away.
And I continued to sand and stain the wood for the back of the pantry (the wall that faces the dining area). I find that if I just stain it one color it's either too jarring or too flat and lifeless. So I either layer the colors or dry brush one atop the other; it's working out nicely.
This is my favorite board. Naked, it didn't look like much but I could see the potential in it. I did a dry brush of Jacobean, a dark brown stain, and then I put a stain called Driftwood over the top and it's GORGEOUS. I wanted the cracks and knots to be dark like that, almost charred.
This is how the wood looks right after Mike takes it off the pallet. Some of it looks unsavable, sometimes that's the best wood. Then we sand it - not completely smooth because we want to leave some of the character, but just enough to get rid of the oxidized layer so it's "clean" and the stain can absorb into the wood.
This is kind of a mockup of how the wall might look, just a combo of different colors, sizes and textures. Even with the same stain, each piece starts out with a different tone that makes it look different from any other. I love that. It's a challenge to pick the right color for each slat. That said, I may tone the mahogany down a bit because it doesn't blend as well as the others. We'll see.
This is how it might look on the wall, but the seams would be staggered.
And this is a random picture. :)
Time for FaceOff. Love to see their creative process and hear the back story to the character.
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