After calling around to all the listed saw mills, I could find none that sold undressed (or dressed for that matter) Maple. We went into Home Hardware and got a nice 1x4x3 piece for 3.78 a foot, plus some wooden Buttons to cover the screw holes. All in all it came to $15... not bad all things considered. I spent the evening planing, and cutting, and drilling, and sanding, and polyurithaning. This morning I went down and light sanded my peices and put another coat of poly on, and when I get home today I will repeat the process one more time so it has a really nice durable finish. The wood looks awsome and I put one of thepieces into it's place on the loveseat before I gave it a second coat.... beautiful. After I've done my third coat this evening I will start cutting fabirc for the skirting. (hoping I have enough left over material) I may have to buy another half meter, but am hoping to avoid that. Although if I do have to buy more it's better to know that right now, so I can rush out and get it while I know they still have it. Once it's all put together and completely finished I will post before and after pictures. I can't wait to show Connell and Lynn (they gave us the loveseat) how it turns out. Here's hoping she doesn't want it back after she sees it.
Next on my fabric related projects list is the couch and chair Mike and Cathy gave us. This time I'm going to get really brave and try to make some changes to the actual frame... redesign the look of it a little. I would like to find a place that sells leather (at a reasonable price) and recover it in that. There is only one listing in the yellow pages under upholstery fabric so they will be my first call. No one at fabricville seems to know of any leather sellers, since Leather and Lyrics closed in uptown. So if anyone knows of a place that sells leather by the meter, or of a saw mill in the area that actually has maple let me know.
I was joking with Darrell, that we should go around on big garbage pick up day and see if anyone is throwing out couches and chairs. I could call up Alison Thomas (she's pretty good with a sewing machine)... maybe we could start a little hobby business on the side. hehehe
About Me
- Blaine Le Roy
- I live in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada with my partner of 10 years Darrell, and our two Labrador retrievers, Tiffy (Black Lab female), and Elton (Yellow Lab male). I am a 3d animator and Graphic artist, and Darrell does television video filming and editing. We have a house full of rare and exotic plants including a Cocoa tree that I had shipped from Florida. I love reading, have written my first novel (unpublished) and have plans for a second. I used to be a professional singer and now get my vocal kicks in musical theatre with the Saint John Theatre Company, Symphony New Brunswick, and Opera New Brunswick. I'm turning 36 in May 2007, and all in all have a pretty happy life.
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