Hiding Out...

First of all, if you decide to try the rug pattern that I had in yesterday's blog, it should be done in cross stitch. If you do it in needlepoint the checkerboard areas won't turn out as checks. They will turn out as stripes and short dashes.

Now on to other things. To be specific, lets talk about hiding the dumbwaiter. This morning I started a spice shelf for the kitchen. It is exactly the width of the dumbwaiter and just a bit longer.

I used scraps of bass wood and Victorian trim. I cut the back from the bass wood and then cut two sides from the scalloped trim. Then I cut two end pieces that were the exact height of the widest part of the trim pieces and exactly the width of the back board. I cut 3 shelves that were 1/16" shallower than the end pieces so that they would fit flush with the side pieces.

I then glued the sides, top and bottom to the outside of the back. I let them dry in the gluing jig.

When that was dry, I cut two strips of 1/8"X 1/16" stock to fit across the top and bottom front.

I cut 5 pieces of 1/16" double bead molding to fit across the front of the shelves, top and bottom to give it a more finished look.

I still need to sand it some and paint or stain it. I am leaning towards painting it ivory to match the trim in the rest of the kitchen. I don't want it to stand out too much.

This will be hinged and swing out into the room when Zar wants to put anything into the dumbwaiter.

I also built the box for the dumbwaiter itself. Now all I have to do is put it all together and install.

I also started making the rug from yesterday.....Yes. I know that I shouldn't start another rug. I can't help it. It's like eating potato chips. Never just one. They all get done sooner or later. Meanwhile Tessie is working her few stitches to stake a claim on it.

This is going to be a short one. April and Seth are on their way back from mountain biking. I have to bake brownies. Then I'm back to cross stitching if I can get it away from Tessie.

See you tomorrow.