WIP - House of Ruffly

[Wild Dingo]

See now I dont think yous mob are thinkin clearly... I reckon young Wendy NEEDS curtains... just not those curtains!!

Why not have a scout around the local auctions supply houses secondhand markets garage sales and find yourself a nice wooden venetian blind thing then you would have a curtain made of wood easy as! and not against the code me dear

keep to the code Wendy me girl within the code... have you gotten onto shedscientist yet for your approcal stickers congratulatory letter and official membership to the "good shed" brigade?... Id make a move on it bubs as I hear hes gonna start another book soon on "sheila good sheds" and yours should be in it!!

[RufflyRustic]

Hi Shane


As for the curtains, they are going to be changed, but I will either go for BubbleWrap, or else something a bit closer to the window in size, and yes, lace again. I have lace curtains on every window in the house, and even put some up in HWMNBO's shed too. It's a Wendy-thing. While the theory of venetians is good, I'm just not a 'venetians' person.

Good point re Shed Scientist - thanks Wouldn't want to miss an opportunity like that

[Wild Dingo]

It's a Wendy-thing

Man an here I thought the red letherette was "a Wendy thing"

Soooo boofhead has those pretty chintz lace curtains in his "mans" shed does he? ooooh I see... no its okay... really we know blokes like that... and they also play around with big spanners an argh argh argh get all messy with oil an greese under their manicured fingernails... I just didnt realize his name was brewthy

Nah seriously... really... serious now Wendy... ooooohh gawd the imagination REALLY kicked in then

[RufflyRustic]

You wouldn't say any of that if you could meet my HWMNBO You wouldn't even be game to think it!!!

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

One of the young blokes who used to drop in for turning "lessons" (basically just a chin-wag and playing with my lathes, while getting the occasional clip on the ear ) finally graduated into his very own shed. Just the std garden dog-box with a few modifications, but I thought I'd make him a shed-warming present.

So... I tried my hand at some timber venetians. Cut some scraps down to size, sent 'em through the thicknesser and then steamed and strapped 'em to a length of galv pipe (as used in cyclone fences) to get the curved profile. I carefully graduated the timbers by colour, starting from a rich red-gum up top thru the pinker gums to yellower "Tas Oak" in the middle, then thru browner woods to a dark Jarrah at the bottom.

"Absolutely perfect for a woodie," I thought to myself, patting myself on the back.

I was passing by t'other day so I dropped in on him and and what did I see? My lovely, hand-crafted, "perfect for a woodie" venetians? Ha! No... instead, filling the 'ole was a cheap black vinyl roller blind! When I asked him about it, he sheepishly pointed at a few pens he'd recently turned, built up from fine wood laminations in carefully graduated colours...

What could I say? The pens looked good and I'm guilty of the same sort of thing myself. Oh... and that black vinyl roller-blind? He'd used a white Texta to mark out conversion tables on it. A bloody good idea, I thought, not that I'd ever tell him that!

[Wild Dingo]

You wouldn't say any of that if you could meet my HWMNBO... You wouldn't even be game to think it!!!

oooh wouldnt I?... oooh dear dear wee Wendy me red letherette wearin woodboob extraudinaire you really dont know me do you!!!

So? Whats he HUMUNGOUS Gigantuan 7ft 10in his jocks and sox? HA! I say again HA! ever heard of the saying "the bigger they are the harder they fall"?? mmm?

Ahhh but he may be a gnomelike dwarf type fella you say? WELL!! HA! I say HA indeed ever heard the saying "the smaller they are the further they fly"?

So either way "brewthy" s goin down! oooh gawd Im loosin it again

Your a true bottler young Wendy

[RufflyRustic]

As I wipe the orange juice off the screen , Shane you are so going to eat your words.



Skew - oh boy, what do you say in a situation like that At least he had the grace to look sheepish as he pointed at the laminated pens in the very same shades and graduations thereof of some particular and lovely venetians....

[Groggy]

As I wipe the orange juice off the screen

Oh Oh, the vodka could harm the screen!

[RufflyRustic]

July has been a busy month. The Shed is finally reaching a semblance of order. Still no real woodwork done yet, but it's closer than ever now

1. The bench under the Chisel and Plane Shadow box is now finished, complete with drawers and the sand paper shelf

2. One corner shelf unit with wall shelf as well. Used up the laminate cutout from fitting the sink into the laundry bench

3. The hole in the wall ready to be filled by the airconditioner, odds and sods, plus those lovely lacey curtains

4. Shelving inspired by Fredo's thread, very easy and very quickly filled too. Now to get some more stickers so I can restack the timber properly.

Next on the list is to finish the workbench, put in the wood rack and think about how to sort out the south west corner a bit better.

cheers
Wendy

[Phil Spencer]

Looking good Wendy. Have a look at mine http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com...729#post541729
Phil

[DJ’s Timber]

Coming along nicely Wendy , wish I could say the same for mine .

[RufflyRustic]

Nice setup Phil


Yes, it sure is slow work DJ Even though I've power and lights, I tend to be too tired to work out there during the week

I think part of the slow progress is actually deciding on what to do, where to put it, how to build it, do it or buy it so that it's only done once.

cheers
Wendy

[ptc]

Looks like a Holiday Chalet to me.
Wendy do you do make overs ?
Mine want's a going over.

[zenwood]

Looking very cosy, Ruffly. Soon as I saw the squiggly shelves I though "ah yes, there's the Ruffliness shining through".

BTW I think my pink flowery curtains look nicer than your muslin lace.

[Groggy]

I think part of the slow progress is actually deciding on what to do, where to put it, how to build it, do it or buy it so that it's only done once.

Done once? In your dreams, put everything on wheels so you can move it easier. You did put your shed on wheels - didn't you?

I put a lot of thought into my shed but am up to major change number three. By major change I mean everything out and start again. Reshuffles of benches and tools don't count.

I want a workshop on the space station, that way I can move by TS without ruining my back.