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gator20
01-24-2009, 05:59 PM
My girlfriend is a real artsy kind of girl. The last time she moved she broke her easel and hasnt painted since. We are looking at redoing my second living / dining area into a bistro kind of theme so we were looking around for wine themed furniture. We saw an easel made out of wine barrel staves and she though it was beautiful. So, birthday around the corner.......here goes. Here are a few pics of the staves and beginning contruction. I wont be able to finish till next weekend. I may start another thread with some of her painting, pretty spectacular.

http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc279/gator_20/amish009.jpg
http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc279/gator_20/amish011.jpg
http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc279/gator_20/amish010.jpg
http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc279/gator_20/amish012.jpg
http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc279/gator_20/amish009-1.jpg
http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc279/gator_20/amish008.jpg
bobjenkins79
01-24-2009, 06:02 PM
Dang, looks good so far :thumb:
Quads
01-24-2009, 06:04 PM
What the hell are these picks you are posting?
Did you bump your head or something? Where are the picks of your GF?

(blah blah, looks good, whatever)
gator20
02-04-2009, 10:08 AM
Finally finished it, her B-Day is tomorrow. I am also about to start a table and 4 chairs out of staves. Will post pics.
j p frog
02-04-2009, 10:16 AM
that is way cool. how much time invested in the build?
gator20
02-04-2009, 11:22 AM
maybe 4 total hours. I really plan ahead when it comes to this stuff.
rawb
02-04-2009, 11:37 AM
That looks great.
rawb
MsprinM
02-04-2009, 01:55 PM
I would say you should get a 3 way out of this but well its you and it would be nothing new.
JCinPA
02-04-2009, 01:58 PM
Noice! Good work!

Hey, don't artsy-fartsy chicks like to prance around the place nekkid and stuff?

Get on it!
j p frog
02-04-2009, 05:00 PM
was this your design or had you seen one like it before?
guitfiddler
02-04-2009, 05:10 PM
Looking good...
gator20
02-04-2009, 05:25 PM
Like I said in the OP, we saw a similiar one in an antique store and she thought it was beautiful. I could see how you missed it by my wonderful craftsmanship!!!
sunsetpizza
02-04-2009, 11:22 PM
really cool gator.... I like that a lot.