Well sure its still summer. What better time to prepare for winter?
This is a good woodworking project to consider for the three day Labor Day weekend. Its a Shaker inspired coat rack thats surprisingly simple to make. I used pre-made Shaker pegs on mine, but if you have a lathe and feel extra creative, make your own.
I added some small drawers to this one: prefect for storing keys. If you dread the tedium of making drawers, Ive got a simple method to make all four at once.

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Japanese style

Heres some nice work. Tino Wilson in Canada works mainly with Japanese hand tools and his projects reflect that. And wow...thats one clean shop!

Hand tool shop.

Lamp

Garden Bench

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Googie style speaker shelves

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I became fascinated by Googie architecture and style last March when I made my Jetsons wall clock. It was only recently that I discovered there is a name for this retro style: Googie. Today it is considered a part of the mid-century modern style.
I really love the playfulness and optimism it embodies with its outrageous use of non-parallel lines, atomic energy themes, arrows, boomerangs, and other discordant shapes and colors.
Last month I bought a new set of surround-sound speakers for my home theater set-up and decided I wanted to make wall-mounted shelves for the three front speakers to sit on. My first idea was to make them look like sconces, but instead decided to just have some fun with shapes!
Naturally, I expect to hear a few grumbles from people who do not approve of this style and prefer to stick with traditional furnishings. Perfectly understandable, but I hope you will take two things from this project: 1) Dont be afraid to experiment with styles. 2) Color can make a room cheerful.
If by chance, you would like to play around with some Googie themes, here are some templates I created that you can experiment with:

• WWMM Googie Design elements template (pdf)

Garden Box. Love the bonsai.