# Show us your latest project **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 13, 2007, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-latest-project/395781 "2007-03-13T19:17:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2007, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-latest-project/395781/61 "2007-03-23T15:15:24Z")
My [first](http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/timstaab/detail?.dir=a2f9&.dnm=6286re2.jpg&.src=ph)[attempt](http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/timstaab/detail?.dir=a2f9&.dnm=1b64re2.jpg&.src=ph) at real woodworking. I’ve done a lot of carpentry, including some pretty complicated finishing stuff, but this CD case was my first venture into cabinet making. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2007, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-latest-project/395781/62 "2007-03-23T15:33:48Z")
I’m so happy I started this thread. Everyone has such beautiful stuff! Thank you all! And keep them coming! ---
**Author:** ![FordPrefect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@FordPrefect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordPrefect)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2007, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-latest-project/395781/63 "2007-03-23T17:11:46Z")
Since this thread has moved from latest project to any project, I will dig up some pics of some tables I have made. Projects I am a bit more proud of 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2007, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-latest-project/395781/64 "2007-03-23T18:26:47Z")
[I’ve begun colorizing](http://gallery.opalcat.com/gallery/StillLife3Progress/StillLife3_day9?full=1). It will be finished next Monday. The glare on the canvas made it very hard to photograph… and it is making weird horizontal lines. Try to ignore those… If we’re talking about other projects, I had fun last fall making [Photograms](http://gallery.opalcat.com/gallery/Photograms) which I thought came out pretty cool… (laying objects directly on photo paper and shining a light on it, then developing the print.) And some [warped self portraits](http://gallery.opalcat.com/gallery/WarpedSelfPortraits) that I painted (reflections in curved objects) And two more paintings: [first still life](http://gallery.opalcat.com/gallery/StillLife1Progress/102506_painting_cropped?full=1), [second still life](http://gallery.opalcat.com/gallery/StillLife2Progress/still_life_2_d_021_cropped?full=1)–here is a kind of neat [flash movie](http://opalcat.com/flash/Still-Life2_All_Days_120406.swf) of the second one (I don’t have many “interesting” paintings yet–I only started painting last year) ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2007, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-latest-project/395781/65 "2007-03-23T19:16:53Z")
[QUOTE=Crotalus] My [first](http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/timstaab/detail?.dir=a2f9&.dnm=6286re2.jpg&.src=ph)[attempt](http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/timstaab/detail?.dir=a2f9&.dnm=1b64re2.jpg&.src=ph) at real woodworking. I’ve done a lot of carpentry, including some pretty complicated finishing stuff, but this CD case was my first venture into cabinet making. [/QUOTE] Oo! Does that piece inside pull out and down to cover the CDs? ---
**Author:** ![FordPrefect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@FordPrefect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordPrefect)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2007, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-latest-project/395781/66 "2007-03-25T18:36:16Z")
Here are some of my older projects. A [hall table](http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w255/FordPrefect_photo/halltable.jpg) that I made from walnut The master bath cherry [vanity](http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w255/FordPrefect_photo/vanity.jpg) (this shot was taken during the installation as the drain wasn’t connected yet) and a cherry [stool](http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w255/FordPrefect_photo/stool.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2007, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-latest-project/395781/67 "2007-03-25T18:48:01Z")
**FordPrefect** , you do nice work. Isn’t wood wonderful? I cringe when I see designers painting good wood, on doors and moldings (mouldings?). Not made by me (of course), but I bought [this library table](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v66/AuntiePam/table.jpg) at an estate auction. The finish was very dark, almost black, and you couldn’t see the grain of the wood. As my husband and I were loading it in the pickup, we talked about refinishing it. The antique dealer who had been bidding against us said “You’re not going to refinish that, are you? It’s worth more like it is.” Well, yeah, but you can’t see the wood grain. We’re cretins, I guess, and maybe refinishing isn’t much better than painting, but the table turned out really nice. I love wood. ---
**Author:** ![FordPrefect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@FordPrefect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordPrefect)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2007, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-latest-project/395781/68 "2007-03-25T19:54:25Z")
Thanks **AuntiePam**. I agree about not hiding good wood. I’ll have to take another picture of the vanity one of these days, the cherry has aged really well over the last year and a half since that picture was taken. If you bought the table as a collector’s item, you probably made a mistake. If you bought it to have a beautiful piece of wood in your home, then you did the right thing. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2007, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-latest-project/395781/69 "2007-03-28T04:23:31Z")
Finally finished that painting [Finally done](http://gallery.opalcat.com/gallery/StillLife3Progress/StillLife3_day10?full=1) I also finally scanned in some more of my negatives: [Afternoon reading](http://gallery.opalcat.com/gallery/BlackandWhitePhotography/Photography_reading?full=1) [Candlelight](http://gallery.opalcat.com/gallery/BlackandWhitePhotography/Photography_candle?full=1) ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2007, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-latest-project/395781/70 "2007-03-28T13:18:18Z")
[QUOTE=OpalCat] [Afternoon reading](http://gallery.opalcat.com/gallery/BlackandWhitePhotography/Photography_reading?full=1) [/QUOTE] Wow, I love that! ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2007, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-latest-project/395781/71 "2007-03-28T13:22:34Z")
[QUOTE=gigi] Oo! Does that piece inside pull out and down to cover the CDs? [/QUOTE] Yes. Click on the word “first” in my post or [here]([http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/timstaab/detail?.dir=a2f9&.dnm=6286re2.jpg&](http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/timstaab/detail?.dir=a2f9&.dnm=6286re2.jpg&). src=ph) to see it with the door closed. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2007, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-latest-project/395781/72 "2007-03-28T13:26:13Z")
[QUOTE=Crotalus] Yes. Click on the word “first” in my post or [here]([http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/timstaab/detail?.dir=a2f9&.dnm=6286re2.jpg&](http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/timstaab/detail?.dir=a2f9&.dnm=6286re2.jpg&). src=ph) to see it with the door closed. [/QUOTE] Cool! I thought the front cover was solid but a clear panel makes more sense! :smack: Is it glass or plexi? ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2007, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-latest-project/395781/73 "2007-03-28T13:30:46Z")
[QUOTE=gigi] Wow, I love that! [/QUOTE] That’s an awesome shot of OpalCub reading. I hope you’re submitting it somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2007, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-latest-project/395781/74 "2007-03-28T13:35:05Z")
[QUOTE=gigi] Cool! I thought the front cover was solid but a clear panel makes more sense! :smack: Is it glass or plexi? [/QUOTE] It’s glass. ---
**Author:** ![FordPrefect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@FordPrefect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordPrefect)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2007, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-latest-project/395781/75 "2007-03-28T14:27:50Z")
[QUOTE=Crotalus] Yes. Click on the word “first” in my post or [here]([http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/timstaab/detail?.dir=a2f9&.dnm=6286re2.jpg&](http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/timstaab/detail?.dir=a2f9&.dnm=6286re2.jpg&). src=ph) to see it with the door closed. [/QUOTE] That is nice. I also like the counter behind too… You have a nice looking kitchen. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2007, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-latest-project/395781/76 "2007-03-28T16:32:28Z")
[QUOTE=Kalhoun] That’s an awesome shot of OpalCub reading. I hope you’re submitting it somewhere. [/QUOTE] Thanks gigi and Kal. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-latest-project/395781.md?page=3)