Category Archives for "Woodworking Tutorials"

Awhile back, a reader contacted me and expressed her frustration with getting accurate cuts with a saw.  Getting accurate cuts with a saw is a huge part of building square, which is a huge part of a successful project, and let’s face it–it makes putting together a project so much more enjoyable and less frustrating! […]

When planning the Dining Room/Home Office, I knew that I would have built-ins that meet in a corner, and I wasn’t sure how I was going to solve that problem in a way that was visually appealing.  So like any good DIYer, I decided to just start and deal with it once I got to […]

The time has arrived for the newest Pink Toes and Power Tools video: How to Use a Router to Make Drawer Fronts!  Woop, woop!  Mind you, I had to watch a teenager’s Minecraft editing video in order to figure out how to use Microsoft’s MovieMaker software so that this could happen.  Nothing can humble you faster than […]

Have you ever wondered how woodworkers add the decorative details to the sides of cabinets and built-ins?  Details like that can take your project from ho-hum to striking and they really aren’t that hard to do.  In this post, I will show you how to add detail to a cabinet side like I did for […]

I mentioned before that I wasn’t sure I was going to add a pencil drawer drawer to the Dining Room built-ins. Up until now I have not owned a table saw but you might recall that right before I started on this project, I got one for my birthday. I decided to try my hand […]

I’ve installed inset door hinges on a number of my projects now, and I’ve finally come up with a way to do it easily. And by myself. Sometimes it seems like you need about 7 pairs of hands to keep things where you want them when you are building, and with this method all I […]

It seems that every time I build something, I modify how I went about making various parts.  I have built drawer fronts for cabinets using a few different methods now, and this time I am very happy with how they came out.  I don’t know if my level of skill has increased or if the […]

I love hanging files, so when turning the Dining room into a Home Office space, hanging file drawers were a must.  I played around with my own design and measured existing file drawers in our house to come up with a plan.  I pinned some things I could purchase to attach to the drawer, but […]

When I was thinking about the Dining Room turned Home Office project, I envisioned a dark, stained desktop that had a reclaimed wood feel to it I knew that reclaimed wood would probably be expensive to buy or time consuming to try to find. I was inspired by ThriftyDecorChick’s dining room built-ins (I actually played around […]

Ahhh, installing drawer glides. I’ve done my fair share by this point, and each time I’ve went about if a little differently. I started out measuring, using a level to draw a guide line, and attaching. And then there was a LOT of fiddling around to try to get the inset drawer to fit just […]

If you use a pocket hole jig to assemble cabinet doors, you are left with holes on the back of the door that can be seen.  This may not bother you, and I decided it didn’t on Pip’s built-ins for her room because I didn’t want to deal with it and it wasn’t going to […]

Ahhh, crown moulding.  How I covet thee.  I want to put it everywhere in this house, but it seems so hard!!  This was my first attempt at any kind of crown.  Up until now, every built-in I have done has been capped off with casing (I think…or it is base…either way, it hasn’t been crown).  […]