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camp project
July 13, 2010
Our big yearly camping trip takes us to an incredibly nerdy place, one we’ve been going to for so long it feels like a second home. Our idea of camping is pretty luxurious, with sprawling pavilions and real beds and places to hang our clothes and a shower with hot and cold running water that we assemble and disassemble each year. Our fancyass shower setup also provides hot water for dishwashing, which we’ve always done in a couple of plastic bins set on a platform that’s backbreakingly low. This year, as our contribution to camp luxury, Peter and I are building a proper height countertop dishwashing station with double steel sinks, which will drain directly into the sump hole (no more carrying heavy bins of dirty dishwater!).
We started with a set of double sinks (not pictured) purchased at the Habitat for Humanity store, and a nice big piece of plywood.
Our new countertop with a hole cut for the sinks, all sanded and stained a beautiful blue (we’re kind of in love with this blue stain right now and are using it on everything, including our bedroom shelves, a table we recently rebuilt and our wooden tent poles).
With that all ready it’s time for the important work. You might think the important part is the plumbing, or building a frame to support the thing, but that would be silly! That stuff can all be done at camp. The important part is decorating the thing with heraldry. Naturally.
Very Important Heraldry Placement.
Tracing the pheon template.
Painting them purple.
Pheon painted and with a carved outline, ready for clear coat. Oh, and plumbing and all that.
Posted by jodi on July 13, 2010 at 1.51pm
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Comments on "camp project"
This completely rocks.
Posted by Merouda on July 16, 2010 at 10.28pm :: link
Oh man… I was all excited when I made a triangular blocking frame. You take gadgets to a whole new level!
I had a brief love affair with a can of purple stain… your blue is gorgeous.
Posted by Naomi on July 17, 2010 at 12.26pm :: link