When Guys Create

Creativity isn't just something that the women in our family are known for.  The men have their own fair share.  So I have to brag on my son, Adam, for a bit.

Adam took some wood working classes in high school and found out that he was pretty good at lathe wood turning.   He made some bowls and rolling pins.  Since then he just keeps creating things.  My daughter, Sally, asked for a desk made from one of our vintage treadle sewing machines that we collect.  All we had to do was show Adam some pictures off Pinterest and he did the rest.

 First he took the machine apart and scattered it all over my living room!  He decided to keep the base in tact and rebuild the drawers.  The treadle got a good cleaning and fresh coat of paint.  My father had been storing some 100 year old western pine that he brought back from Colorado. 

 

Adam rebuilt the drawer bases onto the bottom of the new top and gave everything a coat of sealer, which brought out that beautiful art work on the sides of the drawers.



Yes...he just might take orders!  Didn't he do a great job?

 

 Then he turned to doing something for me.  I collect rolling pins but have never figured out how to display them.  I tried  with some hooks, but they needed a base built behind them so that they stood out from the wall.  Adam attached the base and hooks behind my sink to display my mother's rolling pin.

Adam made me this rolling pin with his lathe and was able to display it under my cabinets for easy access...for making pizza dough!  But I needed something for all the other pins.

 Here's what Adam came up with.  A split log with the hooks placed on each side.  He angled it to hold the largest to the smallest pins.  He even added the family symbol (the cross L) and an extra hook for an apron or some "other womanly thing" (he said).

 The top & bottom rolling pins were whittled by my grandfather (Lewis) and used by my grandmother.  Adam and Sally used the little one to roll out their play dough when they were little.  The second one was my mother-in-law's and all the others were gifts or finds in antique stores.  I love it and I love how he presented it to me.

 

Give a guy some wood and tools and watch out...their creativity just might shine through!