I have officially lost my mind, thanks to Ana at Knock Off Wood. Apparently, I believe that I should begin building furniture.  Look how gorgeous that furniture is!  She posts free plans for ‘knock off’ furniture from Pottery Barn and West Elm and a bunch of other places.   She makes it look so easy!  As it happens, we are short on good furniture in this household but we promised we wouldn’t buy anymore junky particleboard stuff, and that means that we don’t buy anything because it costs too much.

I have a starter project in progress, which is the first step in re-doing my daughter’s bedroom–it’s more of an art/craft project than a furniture project, but I did use the bandsaw all by myself so I think it counts.  (I have a bit of an advantage over many people who get the odd hankering to do something like this–I’m married to a luthier–which is a fancy name for someone who builds instruments. He has lots of big tools.) I’m still working on the finishing stage so I won’t post any more details until it’s done but it’s looking so cute and I wouldn’t have done it if not for this site.

So, my recommendation for today is to go check out her blog–Knock Off Wood. Parents of young children, I particularly enjoyed the posts about Grace’s Town. Now THERE is a fun-looking toy. :)