Kitchen Drawer Organizer

Back in the summer I picked up some ¾”x3” beech shorts at the wood store with the intention of building a drawer organizer for the kitchen cutlery drawer, which always looks messy.

I ripped the beech down into 1/8”x3” strips and laid them out into the pattern I wanted. With some glue and very carefully placed nails, I built the new organizer.

I gave it a couple of coats of clear poly and put it into the drawer. Oh, and also installed this dark grey rubber matting stuff. 

It looks so sharp with the light wood and the dark grey. Also so organized! Now I want to do the other utensil drawer.

And now we know: It’s quite difficult to get a nail gun to shoot into 1/8” material, there is a lot of patience require to line it up perfectly every time cause there is no room for error.

Maple Cutting Board

For the past month, I’ve been working on making a cutting board for my Mum for Christmas. I started by cutting a bunch of rectangular maple blocks and gluing them together in a stepping pattern.

Once all the blocks were in place, I trimmed it down on the table saw so it was a nice rectangle shape.

After a good sanding, I routered 2 ¼” grooves around the edges.

Finally it got 3 coats of butcher block conditioner. That stuff really deepens the colour and makes it look rich. 

And now we know: the product for wood boards and counters is fun to use, it’s got the consistency of hair gel and you just rub it in

Webbing Part 2

First on the plan for this weekend was finishing the webbing on the seat. I ran 3 more strips on each, running side to side and woven with the previous 3 rows.

Then I cut out additional curved pieces for the lower back and screwed them in place. I left these to the end to allow space for the seat webbing install. The back of seat webbing will now be attached to this curved piece.

Next I started on the webbing for the back. Same as the seat, 3 strips in each direction, but because of the curve these were not woven. 

Finally I covered the chairs in fabric. This will help keep the foam in place and from falling through the gaps in the webbing. 

And now we know: leave a gap of at least 1” between the seat and the lower back piece. Some of them I installed with less of a gap, thinking it would look better when upholstered, but having webbing plus 2 layers of fabric going through there is very tight.