by John Smid | Mar 6, 2022 | Dining Table Refinish, J and L Creative Design, J and L Painting Projects, J and L Repurposing Projects
Our wonderful customer had us completely repaint their kitchen and bathroom cabinets as well as lime wash their fireplace brick. While working on that project, they asked if we could repaint an heirloom table and chairs. When we finished their kitchen project, we took...
by John Smid | Jan 2, 2022 | J and L Creative Design, J and L Furniture, J and L Repurposing Projects, Settees and Benches
When at an estate sale we found a set of beautiful solid walnut twin beds. With apologies about them not having the side boards, we assured them we could use them and got a great deal on them. They were so beautiful we could see the natural outcomes of building...
by John Smid | Oct 6, 2021 | J and L Creative Design, J and L Furniture, J and L Repurposing Projects, Settees and Benches
A friend of Larry’s contacted us asking if we could make a bench out of a bed that was her father’s. She wanted to keep it as an heirloom. The bed (pictured below in an internet ad for the type of bed) was something we’d never worked with before. It...
by John Smid | Oct 6, 2021 | Cabinets, Custom Ordered Pieces, J and L Furniture, J and L Repurposing Projects
My friend contacted me about an heirloom buffet. She said it was her grandmother’s and she really wanted to keep the memory of her. She said I could do anything I wanted even if it just became a door to hang on the wall. This gave me full permission to just go...
by John Smid | Jul 4, 2018 | J and L Furniture, J and L Repurposing Projects, Settees and Benches
This week, I took an antique headboard and footboard and repurposed it into a settee. After cleaning it, I took the footboard and cut it into two pieces, 18” deep. After doing that, I placed the two pieces next to the headboard perpendicularly. I measured the...
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