When we remodeled our master bathroom, I made sure to leave a space in the center of our vanity for a seat so that I could sit while doing my hair and make-up. Well, a year and a half later, I’m finally getting to build the stool. Modeled after Pottery Barn’s Manchester Bar Stool, I modified the design to be a smaller height ideal for a vanity. (In order to create the original barstool height, simply make your legs a bit longer. For the tall barstools, cut your 2x2s to 27 1/4″, allowing for

My heating bitlls in the winter are outrageous, and the trees on my property have been dropping limbs like nobody's business this spring and summer. Two problems, one solution: lots of fires this winter! The problem is that stacking the fallen wood too close to the house encourages termites. Stacking it farther away on the property, though, will leave the wood waterlogged and rotten. Not to mention that it's unsightly to have a pile of firewood in your yard. Hence a firewood shed.