re: My Introduction, Swhitey

Hi Guys,

sorry for late response.

Like I was saying in my introduction, we’ve been here for 6 years this July and we’re still not finished. I’ve been trying to collate some before and after pictures of the progress we’ve made to date. My wife has them all on a hard drive. I lost quite a selection of the pictures I’d taken due to a problem with my old computer. I’ve pulled together a small collection of some of the things I’ve made out of wood along the way.
Most of the things have been put together from salvaged or reclaimed wood, not all mind, some materiels I have had to put my hand in my pocket and actually buy.
The pictures I’ve provided are of doors I’ve made for the whole of the upstairs, 7 room doors and 16 wardrobe doors, all made from scratch. The only downside was that the wood wasn’t kiln dried so some of the doors have suffered a little shrinkage, they were all glued, nailed and clamped. The upstairs of the house was just basically a line of four large rooms with a smaller room in the middle where the stairs come up. So I have partitioned all the rooms to form wardrobe space and bathrooms and hallway access to the furthest rooms from the stairs.
So the pictures attached are ;

The farmhouse, front view, you can see how long it is as I’ve struggled to get it all in shot.

A couple of pictures of the wardrobes I’ve formed and the doors I’ve made.

Then a picture of a small run of stairs leading from the main landing down to my two girls bedrooms, which originally was just two large square rooms leading on to each other. I formed the frame for the stairs out of some 3″ × 2″, floored the treads and risers. I did cheat a little when I had a mate machine the nosings for me.

Not really sure if I’ve uploaded these pictures correctly………….

Hope you enjoy, any tips are more the welcome and gratefully accepted.

Stephen.

Ps, more pictures to follow when I get time.