I took a walk today...

Actually, I try to walk every day during my lunch break.  I walk with a couple of coworkers, one of whom walks faster than most people run!  She challenges me everyday just to keep up with her!  But, today, I walked by myself.  It was beautiful, not too hot, not cold at all.  And, flowers are in bloom everywhere.  I have a new fancy, schmancy phone and it takes much better pictures than the old phone that took a swim in the loo!  So, I snapped a picture of a pretty yellow day lily.  I love these flowers - they just scream springtime!  Wouldn't you agree?

 

And, since I was on the move today, I decided to continue the theme when I got home.  I wasn't happy with the hinges on the legs of my movable table.  So a quick stop at Home Depot and I had a different type of hinge that works much better than my initial choice.  I was able to attach the legs, finish the edge banding (I had to get more of that, too.), and here she is all ready to stain.

(And, speaking of better pictures, the Docs gave me one of their old cameras.  You might have noticed that that last several pictures I posted are much, much, better quality!  And, one of the high tech gifts I got for Christmas inserts into that camera and sends the pictures directly to my computer!  I was taking pictures just to watch them pop up in the "My Picture" folder!  Such fun!!)

So, here it is all closed up...  Perfect space to store a sewing machine, right??

And opened up...

Isn't the grain in the top interesting?  I can't wait to see it all stained!  I'll post some pictures then of the finished product!

If I make another one of these I will adjust the plans a bit so that I can use locking leaf hinges instead of the fold-up legs.  Unfortunately, I had this built before I realized that you needed a 1-1/2 inch overhang on the top in order for that type of hinge support to work.

But, I'm pretty sure that this will work just fine for Camper Daughter's wonderful neighbor.  Sure hope so!

More Sewing Stuff...

Sew, ah, So, I'm making a movable, expandable table for Camper Daughter's neighbor.  It will be additional workspace in her sewing room.  The plan is that it will  function as an accent table or end table until it's needed for spreading out quilting materials.  Closed, it's about 32" by 15".  Open, it's about 32" x 72".

The cabinet portion will offer storage space for her sewing machine and/or baskets of sewing notions.  I've only see pictures of this at my favorite DIY site, ana-white.com, so I'm hoping it really does turn out as nicely as I'm expecting it to, and that it's as functional as I'm thinking it will be!

This is upside down - see the wheels at the top of the picture?  Only one of the castors is locking - what do you think?  Is that enough or should I add another locking castor?  Hmmmm...

I have one of the folding leaves attached with hinges and have added one
of the legs - it's that piece of 1x2 at the very edge of the leaf.

Waiting for another fold-up leg on this side and for the other side leaf to be put on.

I tried to add a locking hinge to this, but heck if I could figure out how to make it work!  I finally gave up.  I'll just add the hinged legs and tell her this is one table that she can't dance on!