My wife has been hankering for some solid oak beam lamp stands for around the barn. You can get them from quite a few places across the ‘net, but the cost of delivery is usually quite prohibative due to the weight and size of them.
As I was tidying the garage the other week I came across a lump of oak beam that I’d squirrelled away there a couple of years ago. I thought it was an offcut from the internal beams, but it can’t be as it is smaller than the large structural beams in the barn. Its source remains a mystery to me.
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| From Clean Lines |
Twenty minutes with the electric plane, a quick sanding and four nailed on feet and I’m pretty pleased with the results.
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| From Barn Conversion 2011. Oak beam off-cut before planing |
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| From Barn Conversion 2011. Oak beam off-cut after planing |
My love of salvage and all that hoarding I indulge in sometimes has a pay-off…
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| From Barn Conversion 2011 |
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