Here’s another multi-year project. I probably bought the fabric for these tire covers in 2020 or 2021, but never got around to it in 2025 and just now in 2026. It turns out I didn’t buy enough fabric for two and I realized that I needed three. So I asked our friend, Jill (who is […]
When Tequila became a solo dog, she refused to sleep on the floor while we were in the bed; so I made a dog bed that would fit on top of a Lane chest (I was supposed to refinish) so she could be at our level but not in our bed. I was pretty cocky
It was circa 2018 and our friends came to our house for one of our first Tiki parties and told us that we should check out this bar they saw the day before, We were in the store at 10am on Sunday, They weren’t officially open when we arrived, but they opened the doors wide
We bought this toilet paper dispenser when Sam took us to Galveston when we visited The Lava Lagoon and The Moai Ice House for the FOM Christmas party. We didn’t want to make more holes in the wall, so I built the “frame” around it so we could use the old dispenser’s mounting holes and
Lina’s new passion is mug making, so she got a kiln for her birthday: The garage is too cold in the winter and the basement rooms are mostly carpet, so we decided to turn the laundry/utility room into her Clay cave. Every space needs a workbench, so I built her a benchtop with a sandwich
We bought the leaf in 2016 because a $36,000 car turned into a $16,000 car after all the rebates…and they financed it with 0% interest for 5 years. The car had a 100+ mile range when we bought it and we were pissed when we found out that the 2017 year model came out the
My industrial sewing table for my Sailrite machine is finally complete: I used the last big sheet of wetbar 3/4″ mahogany plywood and sandwiched two pieces together to give me some mass when doing leather and grommet work. Outside and inside edges are mahogany from the Philippines. The inside hole was copied from the manufacturers
There are several holy grails of Tiki, and the moving hula lamp is one of them. These lamps in working condition sell for over $1,200 on eBay all the time and just the cast of the woman sells for $300+ dollars. I think there are two main casts of the hula girl. Ours is the
Our Tiki Fraternity is having it’s 5-year convention in Florida, so my chapter had a special tapa cloth designed. I bought some of it from Spoonflower and sewed it into a lavalava, the traditional clothing of Polynesia. I had big plans, but it ended up being pretty simple. I am particularly proud of the two
Our friend Grey was selling a velvet Elvis from his collection. Our other friends, Shawn and George, have always wanted a velvet Elvis. I put them together and they bought the painting. I volunteered to make the frame. It took a while and too many mistakes were made, but the frame was finally completed. This