The other gift I made this Christmas was a wooden potting tray for my mother.
Over the last couple of years I have slowly (and I really emphasise the word slowly here) been doing all the carpentry bits to a rather amazing potting shed we've been building her. I'll do a post on the shed once it's finished, but it's going to look like it came straight out of The Garden magazine or Country Living and make a lot of people jealous.
She did ask me, if I had the time, could I make her a wooden potting tray as it would look much nicer than a plastic one in her new shed. I made out I hadn't got time, then made her one anyway!
A fairly simple project made from reclaimed wood and a piece of ply. Although to make it stronger the ply is routed into the wood and all the corners are mitred, glued and nailed together. I finished it with a good, thick coat of oil.
She seems really pleased with it, so much so that she sent me a rather staged picture of it in "use" to put on my blog. If she manages to keep her shed this clean then I will be impressed!
Staging really shows how flipping fabulous it is!!
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Thank you Jane - It's quitte simple really but really fits in with what she's trying to do.
DeleteOh WOW!! Staging the photo shows you how much she loves it!! Anything our children make for us is always special!! Job well done I would say!
ReplyDeleteShe really does love it! It's funny because I got her quite an expensive cloche as well but I think this is her favorite!
DeleteThat is beautiful! I would totally buy one of those, ha. You're a good son.
ReplyDeleteI might have to go into making them! Not sure I'm a good son all the time but I try to be!
DeleteReally cool! My mother in law could do with one of those. Her potting shed is actually rather good too, it is a tiny brick built bread oven house :)
ReplyDeleteThis pottting shed is the potting shed that dreams are made of! Like I said I'll do a post on it one day so you can all drool over it! Thanks for the comment!
DeleteWow its beautiful and I bet she was so chuffed it was specially made for her :)
ReplyDeleteShe'd pretty much showed me what she wanted months ago but I pretended I hadn't got the time. It's no good getting my mum surprises as she knows what she wants!"
DeleteYou should be sending off all your great ideas to Garden and DIY Magazines and book publishers.
ReplyDeleteThat would be great but I don;t think I've enough ideas to dfo it justice!
DeleteMakes my green plastic one look like complete tat! You would be in high demand if you made and sold these in a posh shop
ReplyDeleteThats what I've got in my greenhouse! I might have to make a few up and see if I can sell them!
DeleteThat is lovely. I'd buy one! Well done. :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks! Any idea how much you'd pay?...
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