Mar 15, 2012

As Promised: THE BOMB PROJECT

Here's another little item that's been gathering dust in our garage for many moons.

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It opens up and appears to be an old sewing table. You might be asking yourself 'what are they going to do with an old sewing table?'

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I probably would have made it a quaint little entryway table to put by the front door to put keys and mail on. BUT, Nick had all kinds of mayhem going on in his brain... so I let him have this one. I washed my hands of it, and sat back for TWO MONTHS and watching him come up with this.

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It's a lovely little black table with a beautiful woodgrain on top. Pretty right? Well this little table has a few things up it's sleeve... wait for it....

BAM

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It's a wine rack. A wine rack the lights up when it has wine in each individual 'cubby'. When you take a bottle of wine out, the lights go out! Can you believe this all spilled forth from his crazy brain?

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But that's not all, no. The top surface opens up to be a server, and Nick stained this wood with WINE!

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And then tapped into Dana's skillz once again and used a vinyl to achieve our classic 'peek-a-boo woodgrain' quality. For a tutorial on how we do this, go here.

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 But he enjoyed the wiring very much, and learned a lot about working with LED lights!

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There were so many elements of skill that went into this project... my boy is very multi-faceted in his abilities. Although I think at several points, even HE would have admitted he got in over his head on this one.

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But I'll be the first to admit that it turned out pretty stinkin' impressive. My boy has proven himself innovative! We're happy with how it turned out... and even MORE happy that it's done, done, DONE!

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Good riddance! I finally have my husband back!

22 comments:

  1. um, I want a spaceship-looking-on-the-inside/classy-on-the-outside wine rack!!! that is epic!

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  2. OH MY GOSSSHHHHH!!! That is insane!!!! (in an awesome way) wow. you and nick are truly a perfect match for each other. can't wait to see it saturday!!

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  3. Ahahahaha!... you have got to be kidding me! That is unbelievably awesome! Your hubby is genius!

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  4. I agree with everyone. Awesome job!! Mind blowing at parties (uh, when the babies grow up) I would bet!! :)

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  5. That is flippin' Uh-mazing! Simply speechless, that is awesome!

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  6. My husband was SO impressed by this! He was trying to describe it to me on our ride home last weekend. Looks awesome :)

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  7. It's gorgeous! I showed my husband and told him I MUST have one :) great job!

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  8. OMG! That boy has mad skills! That is nothing short of amazing! Utterly awesome....... and any other superlative you can use to describe it.

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  9. HEAD TO TOE GOOSEBUMPS!!!! I'M SPEECHLESS!!! IT IS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLY AMAZING!!!!!!!! WOW!

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  10. Wuuuut?? Crazy awesome, Right?? That boy most certainly has some skills that kill!

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  11. WOW!!! I am impressed. That looks amazing. Wasn't this sitting in your dinning room when I was there today? Or was that something else I saw?
    Deborah

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  12. I can't wait to see how the girls turn out. It will be grand to get great gene from you 2 :-) keep it up!

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  13. so...is that techno . . . retro. . .unassuming. . . kick ass thing for sale or what? CAUSE IT'S FREAKING AWESOME

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  14. Wow!!! Did he visualize the finished product when he first saw the sewing cabinent? or did he ponder for a while to come up with that?

    It is amazingly creative!

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  15. I agree, it is absolutely amazing. Thanks for sharing .

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  16. Seriously, hands down coolest wine rack I've seen! I want one! You guys continuously amaze me with your talent and creativity!

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  17. Lol look how cool you guys are! I love reading the comments :) It did turn out great! I'll have to show Justin. For some reason all your posts just showed up today. I've been checking regularly and I'll I've been seeing was the flower girls ones. Weird. Hate missing out on your blog.

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  18. This is fantastic! So high tech ;) Good work!

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  19. So awesome, I will be now looking for a sewing table. This would make an awesome gift for my mom. They had a house fire a week before Christmas and are in the middle of building a new house. So the furniture they have is limited. Thanks for the awesome inspiration

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  20. That is truly awesome. Not just that it looks great, but I'm so impressed that he would take the time to wire the lights where they turn on and off. Geez, that's some serious patience!! I'd love to know how he "filled" the large sewing machine hole on the inside. I see that he cut a board, but how did he secure it in there? Inquiring minds wanna know!

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    1. That is a really good question. On both this project and the wood grain coffee (www.sawdustandembryos.com/2012/01/woodgrain-coffee-table.html) table I used a rabbiting router bit to create a *lap joint* by cutting a groove out of both the opening in the sewing table and the board filling the hole. this allows the board filling the hole to rest flush in place. We then glued, nailed, set the nails and filled the nail holes with wood putty. I hope this helps!

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