Wilcox Woodworking Inc.

That would be a boring name if we ever went into business, but you gotta start somewhere right? I had a few days off of work this past week, so Jake and I planned a furniture project to complete over the weekend. A new book shelf for our front room. (it will also serve as a key holder since we just throw our keys down as soon as we get into the house.) So I will let the pictures do the step by step explanation:

First we went to home depot to buy plywood and wood stain which was followed by digging through a stack of firewood to find our posts.

We then started the world's smallest assembly line: Jake de-barked the wood with a knife and a wood file...

...and I followed up with sanding them down.

 

 

 

Then as you can see in this picture and the following two, we used very unsafe woodworking methods to achieve the perfect sized posts.

 If we had to right tools to start with the project would have been easier to complete, but Jake would randomly remember some of the tools his dad had as we got closer to finishing the shelves.

As you can see, none of these are the same size or even flat on the top...

This was our first glimpse of the finished product... it has potential at this point but we really started rockin and rolling when Jake remembered that his dad had a belt sander. 

 

At this point we were able to screw all the posts down and adjust them as needed with the belt sander. 

This is our masterpiece before the stain.....

And this is our homemade bookshelf that will be making an appearance in our very own living room as soon as the stain dries!!!!! 

It is perfect! If it was only a little warmer outside we could have taken it home today, but seeing as it is 20 degrees outside the stain isn't drying very fast. This the second piece of furniture Jake and I have made together and I think I can safely say it is our new hobby. Jake has made a few smaller projects without me, but the big ones we do together. Hello 2011, Team Wilcox is going to make this an amazing year full of adventures.