An inherited furniture especially made by the late grandpa

    One of the best and my favourite wooden furniture that my late grandfather, Elesio Sr., had made was the king sized bed with a fascinating wood carved design. Isn't it sweet?

    My grandfather was a woodcarver, furniture maker and a musical instrument maker. He has a great hands and amazing talent that I really adore (thank God I had inherited his talent, except for the passion for playing musical instruments which my younger sisters' inherited talent).

    I always sleep at my parents' room during weekend afternoons together with my younger brothers and sisters right after we had pillow fights. When we were younger and my grandfather was still with us, we used to draw and do crafts in this bed. I remember one time that I accidentally spilled a red paint in the bed and my mama got mad at me and mama didn't make me a chocolate drink for almost a week (Ha ha).

 

From old piano/keyboard stand to a artistic drafting table

    From the clutter at the stock room, I found an old Piano/keyboard stand that had been there for almost five years. Good thing is that it hadn't been covered with rusts although it has been stocked there for many years. It has a good quality of coating that preserved the metal for over the years.

   Since it is my responsibility to make use of the things that I refuse to give away. I decided to turn it into a drafting table.


   Using some scrap woods and my small knowledge in carpentry, I made a board and tucked with a wood screw underneath where the keyboard was placed and put a long piece of wood in front as a support. 

   For the board, I used a felt paper as a wood cover instead of applying a varnish. I did some Paper cut design covered with a colorless varnish below the drafting area to make it more stylish and not just as a plain drafting table.

Too much of the designs for inspiration

Flor de lis... Close enough

Trying to capture the gloss