I didn't take a lot of pictures during the process for this... D'Oh!
I had a computer desk I had long since stopped using and had put to use in my garage as a quasi-workbench. Once I got my workbench built, the desk went outside as a quasi-potting bench.
I remember my parents' old potting bench in their backyard, assembled by my grandfather from found materials. It was battered and old... but really neat.
I had a computer desk I had long since stopped using and had put to use in my garage as a quasi-workbench. Once I got my workbench built, the desk went outside as a quasi-potting bench.
From the "Workbench in the Garage" era.
I remember my parents' old potting bench in their backyard, assembled by my grandfather from found materials. It was battered and old... but really neat.
I decided to create something similar from found materials. A few 2x4s, a couple of extra composite boards, a nail gun, a few pocket holes, and a whole lotta barnyard paint later: a potting table was born! The nice thing is that I can use the former slide out keyboard drawer to hold tools!
I learned a few things from this project:
1) don't improvise and
2) slow down when painting, otherwise it will go everywhere.
1) don't improvise and
2) slow down when painting, otherwise it will go everywhere.
It's not going to hold much, but it's form over function for this...
Meanwhile, The Husband made a bird house!
Still under construction in this pic, it's pretty adorable.
