Drift Wood and pallet material Shelves

From the beach
from industry
keeping the
small things
within reach

drift wood
adrift on walls
eye level
and useful

Door Stop.

It has been a while since I posted anything.
Have moved to a new city. Started a new phase in business and generally settling in.

Needed a door stop in the previous abode.
Had a collection
Of collected stuff
Threw it together
As you do.

Door Stop
Emerged...

Heavy!

Steel I Beam
Macrocarpa Slab
Bed legs
Cupboard handle
Glue

Shitty Blue Tarp (A Poem)

Scrap of blue tarp
weathered and worn
an attempt to keep nature at bay
shredded 
whispering in the rooftop breeze

and yet
still so blue

and I ask myself
who decided that it would be blue?
and 'that' blue

I remember a trip to samoa
or was it fiji
blue tarps over homes
cars, shelters and decks

weather 
whipping
frustratingly, unruly and ugly

olive green maybe
even a steel blue if you must 
but no
a shonky cheap and cheerful blue

and it now flaps
skinny, shitty
frayed and fearless upon the roof of ruin
one of Christchurch's many old
now utterly hopeless memories
a memory flagged 
by a sickly insufficient
and artlessly cheap rendition
of blue.

Mason Bee House. With Bee Babies in Mud.

A Mason Bee House is a place for mason bees to build nests. They grab spiders and stuff them into holes, pack with babies then seal with mud.

They buzz like crazy when in action - hilarious. 




It is made from pine pallet timber and kanuka

Rustic Driftwood Stool

Driftwood is such an interesting material to use. Soft, worn, aged, tough.

This stool is a mix of driftwood branches, fence palings, and a block of wood. Not too exciting when its said like that.

Finished with boiled linseed oil.

Lots of grain and sanded to within an inch of its life. Nice to sit on too.

Steel Wheel, hardwood farm gate coffee table

You may remember the wheels from a post I made ages ago - Gas Bottle Trolly - I finally realised an idea for the table.

Visiting the farm across the road where the farmer has been replacing old fences and gates I came across a hardwood gate lying in the grass. "Ahhh" I said to myself.

Well the timber sat int he garage for months next to the wheels. They must have had a conversation and conspired to get together - with my help.

 

For sale on Trademe

Coffee table - Pallet, casters and a slightly difrent look

I enjoy pallets

To up-cycle and recycle
To do up and to Build
Something not quite perfect
In a world obsessed with perfection

Cracked and bent

For Sale on Trademe

River View - Pallet Two Seater

 Rough and ready and comfy enough.

Chopper - Pallet wood stool

Some pallets are held together by small wooden blocks and I had wondered what could be constructed out of there 'superfluous' pieces of pine.

Chopper is the name I gave it as it looks like a chopping board on legs, I guess.



Lots of glue and staples
(I love my finishing gun).

Driftwood stool

Fence battens and a beautiful piece of worn painted timber all from Blacks Beach Mahia... Nice.