Tag: Poplar

  • Toddler Sitting Bench

    This is a toddler size sitting bench that my coworker friend commissioned me to build for him as a gift to his niece. There are a couple of firsts for me on this project. I used milk paint for the first time and I’m really happy with the results. Poplar takes milk paint well. It…

  • Child’s Work Table Complete!

    Drumroll please… The child size work table, my first true woodworking furniture project, is complete! I had intended the red oak end table to be my first project.  However, I realized my son, who just entered first grade and is mildly autistic, (and therefore can be challenged at times with focusing on task – or…

  • Changing Gears – A Child’s Work Table

    I have some of the parts milled to rough dimensions for the end table, but I am putting that project on the back burner for a short bit. I’ve been on vacation this week, and now that we’re into August, start of school is just around the corner. My son will be entering first grade, and I…