thanks to the extreme carpentry skills of brian's mom's cousin dave, we are now the proud owners of a a lovely bench. house builder by day, bench builder by night, dave handily built us some awesome new seating for our porch. farewell, lawn chairs! (they've at least been set aside in the basement, until actually needed come summertime).
here it is hanging out in dave's shop.
no nails - he notched out all the fittings
(ok, that's not technical carpentry language)
and even pre-drilled some holes for us.
not only is the bench aesthetically pleasing, but it is also environmentally awesome. it's made of salvaged redwood from the old deck railing at the lubansky's montana home. dave planed the wood, designed the bench, dry-fit all the pieces, and showed us how to assemble it while we were in the bitterroot over christmas. yeah, he knew it wouldn't be able to fit into the jetta as a complete project. so we put it together when we got home and have been enjoying it ever since.
thanks dave!
our creative use of climbing rope to clamp the pieces together.
yeah, it really shines against the pink back drop.
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