Woodshop Diaries is a DIY blog with building plans and tutorials ranging from large furniture builds to small decor items. As a former engineer, now turned full time DIYer/content creator, I tend to be a bit technical, but I enjoy sarcasm and try to throw in some humor along the way.
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Solid and looks really good Ms. Shara. I now know what the difference is between a Chaise, and a sectional sofa now.. And yes I agree, marking the lumber against the piece you are fitting it for is more accurate. I almost always confuse the numbers and waste wood. Thank you for sharing Ms. Shara
The finished product looks amazing ❤!! I wish you were giving classes in Florida because I would totally pay. I feel you would have a two year waiting list of eager students. Each student would pay for your class and have to purchase all the materials for each lesson. At the end of each class students would have an amazing build to take home.
This version turned out beautiful too!!! Don't know which I like best as each would have great benefits. You're amazing at working with angles. I like the method you use to figure them out. Looks like Lucy and Bubby both gave this their seal of approval. Thanks for another great video!
Shara, so grateful for your help getting the right furniture on our outdoor deck. I have to tell you I really appreciate you putting those plans into a bundle as some of us tend to be an "all in" type of personality. It's always fun to see Lucy and Bubbs taking advantage of your building abilities. I'm looking forward to some quality time on our deck this year. Hope you have a great weekend. Thanks for Sharing!
Happy to hear you enjoyed the series! It was a lot of fun building these and I appreciate you following along and watching 🙌 happy building and have a wonderful weekend!
That’s a tough one! Not sure if any of these ideas are something you’d be interested in, but I like to use thin pieces like that sometimes for decorative trim-sides of cabinets, accent walls, face frames, even some geometric wall art or mosaic designs. You could glue them together to make 2x2s, too.
Thank you so much! Bubs has been venturing out and hunting during the days lately so he wasn’t in the shop with us much this time. But he knows when to make an entrance 🤣
The sectional is beautiful! I really like your suggestion to mark the compound angle direction prior to the cut!!! (Don’t ask me why!) LOL… Lucy and Bubby are really going to enjoy this sectional! They’ve staked their claim! The stain color is perfect too. It just looks natural. Thanks for sharing these projects and offering the plans. I hope you all have a great weekend!
I have to visualize it or else I’ll cut it wrong every single time 🙈😆 Lucy and Bubs have definitely already claimed it. It’s currently crammed under my porch until I find a place for it and every time this week I’ve wondered where they were, I’ve found them chilling on it 🤣 I’m glad they’re putting it to use ha! I truly appreciate you watching and following along and so glad you enjoy the projects. I hope you have a great weekend as well. Happy building!
I know if I can do it anyone can. For what it’s worth, I didn’t check for square a single time throughout this project. It pretty much pulls itself square by the end as long as the boards are cut the right length.
I think I way overthought the corner, but I just couldn’t decide which was the best way to do it (I had so many different ideas 🙈) sometimes it’s challenging to find a good balance between simplicity, ease of explanation, design, efficient use of materials, and appropriate strength. I appreciate you watching me work my way through this projects 😅 and I hope you have an awesome weekend! Happy building!
You go girl, OMG, you're the only person who has provided such perfect instruction on how to do this, I've never built a drawer in my life, and thanks to you I now know how to do it, especially this part with drawer slides, no one has ever explained it from start to finish like this, you're amazing, thank you, thank you, thank you, you are my go to for anything I am looking at building now.
All righty then, the "sectional sectional" (totally legit phrase) installment! I really like the whole mix-and-match concept of this set. Not gonna lie, I was right there with you at 2:39 ... that's my "what have I gotten myself into" face as well. I love the "what the heck, let's see what happens" approach... and look how well it turned out! Sometimes you just have to hold pieces up there (often utilizing the ol' cheek clamp 5:19 ) and see what it looks like. Of course, one could CAD it, but where's the fun in that?😂. The whole set has a great vibe, but that corner piece is visually stunning and it's kind of a shame that it gets stuck in the, well, corner 🤷♂and gets covered up with cushions. If you continue to struggle with where to put this other than the middle of your yard, you can just box it up and send it to me! 😊 Great series; looking forward to where you take us next!
So glad you enjoyed this one! I was a bit…overwhelmed while building it. But once it was finished, I realize I was just overthinking 🙈😆 that cheek clamp-works well when you need an extra hand 🤣 I’m glad you noticed that haha! I hope you enjoyed Bubs surprise appearance at the end. He has impeccable timing. I appreciate you watching and hope you and yours have a wonderful weekend!
I see you rip cut with a circular saw and saw guide vs table saw. Does the circular saw give you an advantage over the table saw? Also was # teeth does your circular saw use? Thanks, really learn a lot from your builds
It’s much (MUCH) easier and quicker for me to move a circ saw through the plywood than to move the plywood through a table saw considering its size and weight. Also, I use a fine finish/plywood blade with my circ saw. This post goes into more detail about cutting plywood: www.woodshopdiaries.com/cut-down-plywood-sheets-with-circular-saw/
Very enjoyable content, glad I happened across your channel. Great looking build, definitely want to undertake this one. Very cool pup, I have a black Labrabull.
