Construction Artist du jour
So in my role here at Be Jane, I am often called upon to help in construction projects which I LOVE doing. My prior life was one of a self-proclaimed ‘construction artist’ and I basically built whatever I dreamed up. Well it’s one thing to build it, but an entirely different thing to try and teach it.
Our In-Person Tooltorial Winners
We have some wonderful women coming to Los Angeles from Denver (they won an in-person tooltorial sweepstakes a while back) and besides showing them how to use tools, we want to actually build something with them so that they can see how all the tools would work together on a project. We’re thinking of building a Pottery Barn-style storage chest (check it out below). It looks expensive, but is in fact quite easy to make. So I volunteered to write up the step-by-step instructions of how to build this. We try and write all our projects assuming nothing so that it’s clear to anyone who reads it, but that sometimes is as much work as the project!
Step 1: No problem, Step 2: uh…
I started off with the tools and materials list, not bad. Then the cut list, what size do you cut the wood to. A bit more difficult, but I got it. Then came the part about how to join the wood together – it’s not hard to show someone, but to explain via words – phew! And I’m just trying to tell them how to put the boards together – what edge to join to what side!
We’ve only just begun
Alas, I’m sure I’ll work my way through it and the women will come out of this experience having the confidence to know that they can create the home of their dreams with some basic knowledge. Hopefully this is just the beginning of many more great things for them! Stay tuned, they’ll be here mid-June – I’ll let you know how it all turns out.
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So in my role here at Be Jane, I am often called upon to help in construction projects which I LOVE doing. My prior life was one of a self-proclaimed ‘construction artist’ and I basically built whatever I dreamed up. Well it’s one thing to build it, but an entirely different thing to try and teach it.
Our In-Person Tooltorial Winners
We have some wonderful women coming to Los Angeles from Denver (they won an in-person tooltorial sweepstakes a while back) and besides showing them how to use tools, we want to actually build something with them so that they can see how all the tools would work together on a project. We’re thinking of building a Pottery Barn-style storage chest (check it out below). It looks expensive, but is in fact quite easy to make. So I volunteered to write up the step-by-step instructions of how to build this. We try and write all our projects assuming nothing so that it’s clear to anyone who reads it, but that sometimes is as much work as the project!
Step 1: No problem, Step 2: uh…
I started off with the tools and materials list, not bad. Then the cut list, what size do you cut the wood to. A bit more difficult, but I got it. Then came the part about how to join the wood together – it’s not hard to show someone, but to explain via words – phew! And I’m just trying to tell them how to put the boards together – what edge to join to what side!
We’ve only just begun
Alas, I’m sure I’ll work my way through it and the women will come out of this experience having the confidence to know that they can create the home of their dreams with some basic knowledge. Hopefully this is just the beginning of many more great things for them! Stay tuned, they’ll be here mid-June – I’ll let you know how it all turns out.
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