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Thursday, March 20, 2014

Coat Racks Coat Racks Coat Racks

Coat Racks, Coat racks, Coat Racks

These are my Birds and leaves coat racks. They are carved with a bird on a branch and leaves. I made this model almost ten years ago. The top rack is stained Pecan with gold antiquing, the middle is painted with cream paint then antiqued with gold, and the last one is Special Walnut stain. These are 22 long, with four pegs.

The top rack is my Swans and Roses coat rack. She has six pegs and is 32" long.The bottom rack is a new model, called the Sunset Coat Rack . She features a modern sunset motif. These racks are now available on www.sawtoothideas.com as a woodworking plan.

Athena, Extraordinary Coat Rack

This is my lovely Athena. The coat slips on the shoulders. This is great to hold a heavy coat or robe. She looks good in an entry and has a matching Zeus, the male version. This is an older version, the new one has a hook for the keys where this one has the screw hole. Athena can be ordered in Time Worn Black, Time Worn White, Special Walnut or Pecan.

These are large single peg coat racks. They are great for umbrellas, throws, or towels.

Eugenie Woodcraft
Beautiful furniture, made simple.
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Wednesday, February 12, 2014

3rd coat of poly and sanding mishaps

I lightly sanded the hall tree with 220 last night and applied a 3rd coat of poly. Even with being careful I managed to sand through the poly and some of the stain in a few spots. I have been trying to be careful to not make the coats of poly too thick and I think I have been making them a little too thin. I am leaving the light parts there for now as I think it gives it a little character. I was planning on putting a 4th coat on just the top shelf and seat but I think I am going to put an extra coat on the whole thing.

I am going to oversand some of my test pieces down to bare wood and see if I can put some brown stain on it and make it look weathered. If that turns out well I may redo some of the hall tree at a later date.