Wood Shop

 

 

 

 

The last bench I built I fell in love with too but I managed to find a place to keep that one. We have

never had a place to sit down in the mudroom until now, but now Im constantly sitting in there. 

Tips on how to build a bench using a bed frame can be read here:

http://blogspot.ca/2013/06/bench-buiding-tips.html

 

This curvy one is made with 2 headboards and 1 foot board. You can see the back and sides are made

 from a matching foot and head board but the front underside also has parts of a French provincial

 headboard. All three frames used to build this bench are made of solid maple, which is a wonderful

 hard wood and offers great stability in furniture making.

 

 

The seat is vintage pine boards salvaged from some local farm shelving. Pine is a soft wood.

Softwoods come from coniferous trees such as cedar, fir, and pine.

 

I also salvaged an antique milk glass floor lamp and cleaned it up, painted it, and rewired it.

The metal base has been spray in a snow white oil paint that matches the milk glass shade.

 

 

It has a tri light switch, meaning it has three different light brightness.

 

It also has an oversized socket and came with an over sized bulb.

 

And it also has a regular sized adapter for regular sized bulbs.