Cool furniture, design objects and desiderata

[Journeyman]

Our new dining room light:

Installed it myself. Very proud.

I don't know what electrical connections etc are like in the US, but isn't it generally best to get a licensed electrician to do the work when installing lights and so on?

(Having said that, my dad used to replace power points (or power outlets, whatever you like to call them) and he put up a lot of lights in his workshop in the garage, but that was 25 years ago.)

 

[ethanm]

Putting up a ceiling light is really simple when replacing an existing fixture. Starting from scratch usually requires a professional though.

 

[Fang66]



The plane finish shows through as a better looking end result in that cases that I have used both.

Water based finishes will raise a fuss on a sanded finish, this wont happen with a planed finish because the fuss isnt created by them.

I sand end grain, reason being that it needs to be polished.

Thanks for that. I think there must be some kind of burnishing like actuon going on when you plane so finely (the end of the grain is getting stuffed down). I've always found that water based finishes will raise the grain on a planed surface, but I'm not taking off such fine shavings as you.

 

[Fang66]



Not sure if you guys are curious of the details of this project, but here we go;

Spoiler: Warning: Spoiler!

Mock up to check square and mark out the tenons. I used the cut side as a template to mark out the opposite side, then double check that I'm going to hit my marks once the center crossmember is tightened up. All looks good and the frame is square.

Also very important to keep an eye out for twist. These outside joints are square solid and square, but before they're wedged it is quite important to make sure the frame does not have twist in it. That can be done very similarly to how one would eye-ball winding sticks since these outside frame members are also consistent in thickness and height.







Starting square





And on the exit (inside of the board) within the requisite boundaries.

Moarrr.

 

[TheFoo]



Liar

Nope. Why--don't like?

 

[Find Finn]

That lamp is something that rhymes with anus.

 

[itsstillmatt]

I like it. It has a niCe warmth while remaining decidedly contemporary

 

[sugarbutch]



Our new dining room light:

Installed it myself. Very proud.

Seriously? You spend all this time agonizing over every piece for your apartment, and then you put up a contractor special light fixture?

 

[TheFoo]

I like it. It has a niCe warmth while remaining decidedly contemporary

Right. Realized we were over-thinking things and decided to just go with what feels nice.

Seriously? You spend all this time agonizing over every piece for your apartment, and then you put up a contractor special light fixture?

It's not a "contractor special." Went to the store and picked it out. Seriously, wife and I realized as much as we enjoy design, maybe we don't need to obsess and try so hard.

Seriously--don't like it?

 

[sugarbutch]

I suspect I'm being trolled, but...

 

[ethanm]

We're going to need a spoon pic of this Home Depot fixture.

 

[mbaum]

I am sorry, Foo, but Sugarbutch got an excellent point (On the fixture and on possibly being trolled?). Kudos for installing it yourself. But a dining room (Over the table? Don't I remember a Dixon focuser or something?) will likely call for something a bit more stylish/ dramatic/less Home Depot, etc. fixture. Cool ones don't have to be expensive ...

 

[Medwed]

I like this. It is difficult to add anything to mid-century vocabulary , but this Sean Yoo guy managed to do just that.

 

[twistoffat]



I suspect I'm being trolled, but...

Have to agree with you. Here in Germany they call it Landhausstil- Farmhousestyle, obviously occured when farmers discovered arts and crafts objects.

This one here cost 49 Euros

http://www.google.de/imgres?imgurl=...r=1542&page=1&start=0&ndsp=33&ved=0CDIQrQMwAw

 

[bourbonbasted]



Our new dining room light:

Installed it myself. Very proud.

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