BEGINNER PROJECT : 3 Pieces of wood to dramatically change any wall
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- Опубликовано: 21 дек 2023
- In this video I show you how I took three pieces of wood and created a dramatic change to my hallway. This project is perfect for any beginner woodworker but can be finetuned by any advanced woodworker.
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“That is just the back of my neck”
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hahaha I've never seen it on video before so it through me for a loop!
Wait- no lengthy intro, just straight to it. Thank you, well done
haha please don't watch my older videos because I just learned this skill!! lol
I liked your wife having a prominent role and showing her process at the end as well.
That's something that I feel like a lot of project videos lack. 900 min of building a whatever and then magically the interior decorating is completed.
thank you, ill try to get her to do more videos. most of the things I build are her ideas.
The grey/white/black color scheme is perfect. She knows what she's doing.
thank you, im just here to build the stuff for her, lol
That beats the heck out of putting in a dozen picture hanging hooks and allows you to change things on a whim. Gotta do some of those for my house.
agreed, my wife always has me changing out pictures so when she suggested this I was all for it.
Hey, whatever the boss decides is the right way it should look! 🤣 Great content, love the humor, brother.
Thanks brother!! 😂 I’m a little kid at heart!!
I am a woodworker with over 45 years of experience. This is one of those projects that show you don’t always have to challenge your skills to make something nice. I made these for my daughter. Thanks for the video. It’s always great to have those “starter projects” to pimp our hobby.
Thanks brother, I'm glad you liked it. My wife loved them as if they were hand crafted from the finest wood and that's good enough for me. lol
Agreed, I've been building these same shelves for years, and they never fail to impress people. Good job on the build!
The dark shelves stand out on the wall in a good way, and the dark frames help the pictures stand out against the wall. They provide a satisfying visual border for the eye. It looks really good.
Thank you I appreciate that! i like contrast too, its adding in colors where I start to get confused.
Don't change a thing. The gray is perfect. It compliments the wall color and the art work!! Nice job.
Thanks, I appreciate the input.
I enjoyed your straightforward, nonsense, shelves!
I think that having your wife help out, then design how the picture frames are laid out on the shelves turned out great!
Well done to you both!
thank you, your input is appreciated.
nonsense shelves
I’ve never thought to use a piece of tape to mark a piece where studs will be…meanwhile on , everything I’ve hung in our house you’ll find my pencil marks 😆👌 Thanks for the pro tip.
hahaha I cant take full credit, I did the pencil mark thing too until i saw a video years ago.
Genuinely love the deadpan delivery and joke references. Additionally, looking around at all the different tool and accessory brands leave me feeling like you're incredibly relatable. A craftsman of the people for sure. Oh, and the shelves look good.
Thanks for the kind words brother, they are definitely appreciated!
That's funny"Kaiser roll."😂
Great woodwork!
haha thanks!!
This looks great. I like the combo of black and white frames and the variety of sizes, photos/non-photos, etc.
Thank you, I was happy about how this one turned out.
I would definitely add contrast with frame colors. Contrast makes everything look better. Love the simplicity of this.
thank you.
That looks amazing! I wouldn't change a thing. I like stacking the frames with other decor. I love it!
thank you, I was worried it would look funny but I think you're right.
I love it!!! I think all the small frames give people something interesting to look at a bit longer! ❤
Thank you, That's a good way of explaining it.
Very Nice!! Great idea for my basement. Wife wants to do more pictures down there. Also, man you cracked me up roasting yourself!!
haha thanks brother I'm glad you liked it. Hope it turns out good for you too.
I consider myself only an intermediate woodworker…. Ur shelves are strong, clean, and look great. No improvements necessary! Great job!
Thank you very much, its much appreciated.
The gray looks good. If you painted the shelves white, the white frames would blend in too much to the shelf. It would be difficult to see where one ends and the other begins. The same is true with black. Since you stained the shelves gray, it works with both white and black frames. Good idea!
thank you, that's a good point. I wish i could build several versions of everything i make and then use the best one! lol but i guess that would be redundant.
This really is a great beginner project.
YESS!! you really could even do it with hand tools if you needed to.
Great video. You explained everything really clearly and pointed out any tips and issues to watch out for. I like fact that your project did not require a huge amount of wood working equipment. Great job.
That sounds great, we'll have to try to experiment a little. Thanks for the ideas
Thanks! I enjoyed the video and seeing how I can make the same shelves I’ve been thinking about for 2 years now. I really like the darker shelves and was happy to see what it would look like. So, thanks a lot, now I’ll be buying stain, too! Happy to see your head didn’t explode and I look forward to seeing what you’re doing next.
Hahaha thanks for the kind words they are appreciated. I’m glad you liked the video. I wish RUclips would add a way to share pictures in the comments so I could see how everyone’s projects turn out.
Cool, quick project! I’d have went back and either stained the counter sink or puttied over it then touch up stained but I’m just being pedantic. I’m sure someone has or will mention using plugs but trying to keep it as beginner friendly as possible. Looks great! I’m diggin’ the contrast.
Edit: I love that she used the top rail to put some pictures on!
Thank you so much for the encouraging positive comment. I too am a perfectionist, my wife is constantly telling to stop over doing it and nobody will even notice that.
I thought that was a horrible color, and maybe it would be for something large, but it's just perfect for this! The frames just blend in and everything looks great!
I was shocked that it worked, too. 🙂
Thanks, I only knew it would work because I tried it on some floating shelves I made and it looked good against the wall.
Beautiful shelves!!😊
Thank you!! 😊
The color is great! The contrast to the wall works. I’m going to make 3 for spices in the pantry!
thank you! Spices are a good idea I didn't think of that!!
Dude, absolutely great! And I'm sure your Wife has no issues with your package of neckdogs! I got them, too. Seriously, though, I like the colors as they are. Nice job!
No she doesn't, she keeps her money in them when we go out and she doesn't want to bring her purse!! 😂😂😂
I love the mixed frames - leave the way it is - it is PERFECT!!
Thanks I appreciate the input
It’ll be great for my narrow hallway.
Love it!
Thank you, if you share it on instagram tag my instagram so I can see how it turns out.
Great job! 🎉
I made one of these shelves for my brother in 2019 to rest the end of his fishing poles on and used another board with cup hooks strategically placed above the shelf to hold the smaller end of those fishing poles to hold them vertically…skinny end at the top, handle resting on the shelf. (I hope that makes sense without being able to share a picture of the configuration.).
He was grateful for the organization to keep them off the floor and out of a tangled mess.
I can picture that, that's a great idea. simple and gets the job done.
Nice shelf units, great decorative touch.
Thanks for sharing.
Thank you, i cant take all the credit, my wife told me what she wanted and i made it. lol
Great effect for a well show project 👌🏼🌞
thank you, I appreciate the support.
Nice job. They look great
thank you.
Cool idea, thank you!
Thank you!
I think it looks great. If you’re wanting to change it any, maybe alternate one black frame and one white frame back and forth. And set it so that either end is either black or white. Or do white on either outside and black in the middle, then on the other shelf black on either oustide and white in the middle. There’s such possibilities with this.
YES!! those are all great ideas! We couldn't decide either because you really do have too many options. Thank you for your input.
My daughter redecorated my house for me, and I have three of these shelves in my hallway they are much shorter as my hallway wall is shorter, but it looks wonderful. They’re very complementary to the things I want to put on the wall with the wood, being a natural color and not painted.
that's awesome, did she build them herself?
Looks great
Thank you! 😁😁😁
Looks great 👍
Thanks 👍
Loved this project. Considering for myself
thank you, I love how simple it was and I didn't have to worry about it being perfect.
What a great idea! Thanks.
Thank you, im glad you liked it.
Great project that came out great
thank you
Looks good to me. I have some shelves like that, I didn't build myself. I wanted all white frames, but it works with black and white frames.
Thanks, I think we are going to add white frames eventually, and bigger frames.
New wood worker. Like you’re video’s. Ever make funny stuff like exploding out house bank?
Thanks, I have not made that? What is it?
Looks great. I'm a beginner so if you could do more beginner projects that would be very helpful.
thank you, and I do plan on doing beginner projects. I don't have a lot of fancy tools so that's basically what I do.
Nice job!
Thank you.
You did it correct. You want accent pieces to be an opposite color to the wall. Only use white shelves on dark walls.
thanks, it seems to be the popular opinion so we must be on the right track. I'm not good with figuring out colors and all that when it comes to decorating.
Shelves look great!
Less is more. I would remove some items and let the remaining items breathe. You can group the items and leave spaces between the grouped items or alternatively you could go completely uniformed and place the same sized frames equal distance apart along the entire shelf. You may consider adding pops of colour that tie into the rest of your room also.
I agree with you, less is more. My wife likes things busy and full looking. Maybe ill show her this comment and she'll finally say "you're right" but I doubt it. lol
haha, yes, sometimes hearing it from an outside perspective can make a difference. Styling decor is indeed an individual thing and can be difficult working out how to blend two different styles in a home.
I would simply convey that when you have too many items together, none of the items get a chance to shine. You can always rotate your favorite items in and out to refresh the look. Changing them seasonally is a fun and cheap way to get a whole new look without very little effort! @@jascogoods
I would say just skip the brads, with a long grain glue joint like that it doesn't need any reinforcement. You'd only need brads to "clamp" while the glue dries if you didn't have any clamps.
Thanks Brother, I actually said that in the Video but then edited it out because I tend to be a little long winded. lol
These look surprisingly good , well done .
Thank you, as simple as they are they do make the wall look good.
Black is cool !!
thanks
Nice idea. Turned out great!
thank you.
Yes agreed. I think I'll have a good look around our house to do the same.
i did the same thing to behind my desk. I had a ton of wires, power strips, router etc. Now hidden behind my desk, off the ground. Also instead of crawling under the desk, i now slide the desk and access everything off the ground. Thanks for the wall tip!
no problem, I'm glad you liked it.
Great video - gonna make these for my walls at some point!
thanks, I hope they turn out great for you. Id say let me know how it turns out but I don't think you can add pictures to the comments. maybe tag me on instagram if you have one.
Looks like a nice easy project and it came out very nice.
Thank you.
Nicely done! Feel a little sorry for the watermelon though.....😎
hahaha You and me both!
I think it looks lovely
Thank you
Been making these for years for my wife. I've used tall base for the backs before and moldings for the front to make it a little fancier at times.
Thats a good idea, maybe ill do that next time.
Simple but absolutely perfect ! Thank you for sharing as this is exactly what I need. Restoring a old Victorian bungalow and my daughter needs shelf space in her room. I'll paint them gloss white on a grey wall and they will look lovely. Subbed..
Thank you, I'm glad you liked it. I think the white on gray is going to look great! I really like shades of grays and blacks and whites! its adding colors that throws me for a loop.
@@jascogoods I totally agree. Thanks again mate !
Brilliant!
Thank you
Nice project for the home.
I think so too!
nice and thourough explanation bro... looks awesome thanks for the idea
thanks brother.
looks good the way it is 👌
Thank you
The gray stain looks *GREAT*! (To be fair, looks like you've got a pretty good
decorator... ;) ) 👍
thank you and yes, I let her do all the decorating, i just build what she says to build.
Great Video … to the point
thanks brother, I'm working on not jabbering on!!
Easy cool project
thank you.
Man, your skill is only surpassed by your sense of humor. Nice idea, and I think it'll look good in a darker color. Good tips on the stain and clear coat. Smart fellow who knows who the boss is.
hahaha thanks brother, knowing who the boss is was the most important lesson in this video!
Nice project. My comment is offered with complete respect, not as a snarky jab - and my explanation might be incorrect in some details but the general idea is true. RUclips calls it "engagement." As to oil based paints and stains and water based polyurethane clear coats or acrylic paints... there's an old saying in the art community, "you can put fat over lean, but you can't put lean over fat." (Think of it as you can add fat to a skinny guy but you can't add skinny to a fat guy.) Oil based stains and paints never fully cure, they continue to cure or leech out oil almost forever, and they never set up as hard or seal so thoroughly airtight as a polyurethane. You saw how even after three days curing, your black finish was still transferring on the brush into your clear coat. It will eventually cure to the point that you don't see this, but it will never cure to the point that there is no oil content. So, in the long term, you may find that a "lean" finish applied over a "fat" (oil-based) finish will fog, distort, crinkle, crack, or peel off due to the build up of materials that leech out of the fat layer. When you do lean over lean, or fat over lean, this does not occur. When you do fat over fat, the materials that leech out of the underlying layer keep on going out through the covering layer. You can also think of it as placing a layer of plastic wrap over something that has a little moisture content, so that you get a fog of condensation under the plastic wrap. The basic idea is that oil based products should never have a product that seals them in better than another oil based product - the skinny is never outside of the fat - but you can "build up" putting oils over a lean base.
I appreciate your explanation and mostly agree. I want to add that shellac can often do a good job of sealing in an oil based paint or finish. So a couple coats of super blond shellac might not be a bad topcoat here. Or at least in between the oil stain and the water poly.
4@@YTubeSDD Thanks, and again, this principle comes from the art world, for painting, so it might not fully apply in wood working. It's an often discussed principle in art, there are many RUclips videos on the subject for anyone who wants to get more opinion or info.
I am here for the input and sharing of ideas, I could never get mad at someone explaining something as well as you did. I have seen the fog you are referring too. It especially does this where I have touched the wood as I am staining. I have also had to sand down projects I clear coated too soon because the "fast drying 2 hour stain" didn't fully dry after 48 hours. The only reason I still use the water based clear coat is because I love the matte finish. I cant find another topcoat that has the matte finish. No clearcoat is truly matte but this one is close. do you know of an oil based top coat that comes in a matte finish?
@@jascogoods I'm no expert on this stuff, but thanks for asking as if I might have some valid opinion. I probably don't! I think if I wanted a matte finish on a wood project, I'd skip the oil based stain and go right to a matte finished paint. It won't have the same depth as a clear coat over stain of course, but in my mind, a matte finish shouldn't have any depth, it should be very flat. A personal bias on my part. My other thought would be, are there any suitable stains that aren't oil based? I trust you've done your research, more than I and you're using the best combo you could come up with. Allowing considerably more cure time might help, but I'm the worst when it comes to impatience and screwing up because I wanted the project done now.
I think the color of the frames will depend on what you're trying to accomplish. Do you want to highlight the contents of the frames? Stick with a black that blends with the shelving. This works best if the image itself isn't dark, because then the photograph/image also blends in - which is where the frame itself can help highlight the photo - see: the photograph next to the F in Family. The frame is black, but the white border helps emphasize the photo in it even though that photo is also dark. That is, if the frames part of the picture/image, in that they work together? In that case, contrasting colors are good, as they'll draw the eye and make the image larger than.
All in all, thank you for this video, and running through how you made it and giving commentary with more detail after the fact. I also appreciate that it's more your commentary than the sound of machinery. I like knowing how you made it and the thinking behind your decisions, as that helps me figure out why you did something and if that process would then apply to my own work in the future. As an example: you applying the stain and then immediately removing it. If you hadn't stated why you did that, someone (like me) could have automatically done that because "that's what he was doing" and, not knowing why you were doing it, we would have been confused why our results were different. So, thank you.
Thank you so much for all the positive input. Making video's is new to me so its great to hear that I'm on the right track with this one. Also thank you for all the decorating advice. I am not good at decorating. My wife is learning from watching RUclips videos and Pinterest but its much better to have someone explain our exact situation like you did. its very appreciated.
Thank you
no problem, thank you for the comment.
👍 for the Dewalt tools!!!! 😆 can't wait to have my own
Yes I love Dewalt but last Christmas I bought a Milwaukee drill set!! i don't regret it but I feel like I'm cheating a little. lol
Cool idea!
Thanks!
I've used that same stain before, it never stops giving up color - so it's really good advice to put your topcoat in a smaller container.
Yea its weird because this is a fast drying 2 hour stain but in some ways it seems worse then my classic stains!
Simple and functional - what more can be asked for?
thank you, I'm all for simple and functional.
U seem like a genuine nice guy, I subbed because i also have the same type of shop (all the cluttering etc included which I will be handling in the next weeks :-)
thanks brother I appreciate that. too bad you cant put photos in the RUclips comments so I could see what your doing too.
I like the color you chose…white would have washed out with the light colored walls. Thanks for doing a project that isn’t just someone showing off their master carpentry skills, but is something that could easily be done by your average Donald.
thank you and your welcome! It wasn't on purpose, I am an average Donald and this is the height of my master carpentry skills! lol
Great video. Man I wish we were neighbors. We would have some great conversations. My wife and I agreed the color you used to stain with really looks good against the color of the wall. She already picked out where she wants to put those on our walls. Well I guess it a trip to my local home improvement store this weekend. I probably of went there anyway 😁 👍
thanks brother, I started using a weathered gray on some of the furniture I've made but its much lighter than this. We just happened to stumble on this carbon gray and I used it on some floating shelves I did and we loved it. Now i want to rebuild the furniture I made and use this gray!
Simple but effective idea! I like that you had the mix of black and white with the grey shelves. I’m starting this today - I have pinkish walls in my hallway so I’m going to use white oak boards and keep it natural.
That sounds interesting. I don't have a hardwood store by me and at home depot the hardwood is so expensive.
4:06 First time viewer (so far I like this format). A trick I saw about inside corners and glue squeeze out, is to use a plastic straw (if you can still find them!) to force the glue into the straw by plowing the straw along the corner..
8:36 This is where I will say, "When lining up to mount anything to a wall, masking tape is your friend."
Yea I have seen that straw thing now that you mention it. ill have to snag a few next time I go to a fast food place. Thanks for the suggestion.
Great vídeo!! No bullshit
Thanks brother!!
Thanks for the video. Looks great. Keep up the good work.
Thanks, will do!
Small projects like this make perfect videos. Just try to keep them under 10 min and make more of them. In the beginning quantity is important. Just get out there.
You’re talented and funny. The kind of guy people would love to learn from, or have a beer with.
Great transformation! Nice simple project that adds a lot of character to the formerly bare wall. Thanks for the detailed step by step explanation. IMHO, the small black frames get lost next to the other items that are 4+ times their size.
thank you, I appreciate the complements. I agree with you on the frames. My wife has been hanging on to those frames for years because we used to have them all around our old house. We built these to be able to use them up but after building them we both thing bigger frames would look better.
@@jascogoods you might consider mounting these frames on the wall in a square or rectangle painted in a contrasting, complementary color. You could even “frame” the square or rectangle with simple moulding - sort of frames within a frame. See what the boss thinks about this non traditional idea.
Good job and project thx for sharing You could use a drinking straw to remove the glue from the inside before it dries
Thanks for the comment. Can you stain over the wood after you remove the glue?
@@jascogoods you need to check out your glue specs
What a good idea, I wish I had thought of it, I have photographs of my grandchildren for babies to teenagers I will be busy in my shed in the new year, thanks for the idea, I think I will use smaller timbers though, sorry, but they look a bit bulky, but a good idea anyway
No Problem, thank you. I agree on the smaller timbers thing. Even if its just the front one because it blocks the bottom of the picture frames and we had to put the word family up on the lip because it looked funny with the bottom of the letters missing.
The temperature is relevant, but the humidity levels are key. The fact you live in an arid climate is probably the main reason it dried so fast. Working in the a/c is helpful if you live in a hot/humid environment. Your project looks good.
yes and when I use a water based stain it dries even faster. I want to put an ac unit in my garage. One of those little mini ones.
It looks great, I would add a few larger pics. Very nice!😊💕👍
Thank you, we were thinking the same thing after she started decorating it.
Nice job. 👏🏻
thank you
What a great team! Keep it up.
Thanks Brother
nice project
Thank you!!
Black frames pop against the white wall and provide a good contrast with the color in the pictures. I like them. I also like the white accent pieces.
well at least one of us do.
@@jascogoods 😆
I made some years ago but I used crown molding. Looks a lot better.
ill have to try that, thanks
Be nice to yourself. don't pick on your appearance. Great video.
thank you. Its just jokes, I'm trying not to take myself so serious. lol
you already come across as humble. The world is mean enough, build yourself up. @@jascogoods
not only a thumbs up - but I subscribed on first video I saw. Awesome job and thank you for the beginner tips. I would never guessed some stains/varnishes need stirred and not shaken. That is a big tip for me. Air bubbles are a nightmare!!! Today I learnt a few things off this video, apart from stirring clear coat, that was a fabulous idea to mark off the studs with tape!! I have a stud buddy - he is not much of a buddy as he does not work!! Do magnets and stud buddies work on embossed paper? do they only work on flat walls? maybe that is my 'stud buddy's ' issue!!! (it is a plastic thing with magnets inside that is supposed to stick to the wall when it comes across a stud/metal/screws). It never worked for me! 🥲
Thank you for the subscription and all the nice comments!! it makes the hard work worth it.
@@jascogoods I am loving your channel - I am now following on Instagram. You may have noticed that you have about 100 new comments 🤪. Just kidding !! only 99.
effective.
thanks
Looks great...maybe larger frames with matts
Thank you! Yes we definitely want to add in some bigger frames.
This looks great just the way it is. No need to change anything!
EDIT: btw, the only reason I looked at your head (melon popping lol) or your hotdogs was because YOU mentioned it. Otherwise I'm focused on watching the build and would not have given that a thought at all. Just sayin'
hahaha I guess I'm just self-conscious because I'm not used to seeing myself on video like this!!
Great looking little project. Seems like you could have gotten away with a shorter lip on the front that doesn't conceal as much of the bottom edge of the frame, especially for the smaller frames.
I totally agree, I told my wife the same thing but after we were finished and I saw all the pictures on the shelves. So at that point it was too late. lol next time
Loos great.
thanks
Looks Great just the way it is 👍🏻....Just remember Fussin leads to cussin😬
hahaha thanks, now I gotta make a sign that says that and hang it in the shop!!!
Hey, "dried up like an old mans foot?"
hahaha yea I know because I have an old man foot.