Welded Bed Frame 

At the beginning of the 2020 lockdown, I moved. I needed a new bed frame, but furniture stores were closed and I don't trust online furniture shopping. Thankfully, the hardware store was open. I decided to put my stimulus check to good use. I set up a small welding workshop in my garage and built a custom bed frame for myself. The design was simple: small enough to fit in my 8'x10' room, modular to ensure it could maneuver through the tight curve in my stairwell, and still tall enough to afford sufficient under-bed storage. It has been used every night for a year straight now and it is still going strong. 10/10 would do again. 

Filing Cabinet Fire Pit 

There is nothing better than a camp fire in the middle of the summer. No, there's nothing better than getting to use something that you made with your own two hands. Actually, there is nothing better than reducing, reusing, and recycling. So why not do all three? During the summer of 2020, I decided to repurpose an old filling cabinet into a custom fire pit. I created a prototype with post-it notes, scaled the design in SolidWorks, and built the full assembly from the scrap metal of a friend's old filing cabinet. The only costs for this project was a couple feet of square tubing, and some high heat spray enamel. The final product is definitely not a professional job: the welds are sloppy, the airflow is not optimized, and the metal is beginning to rust. However, it gets the job done, and, so far, nothing has burned down. 

Dining Room Table Top

My house was built in 1924 and, accordingly has a few unique features. One such detail is a window seat in the dinning room. It is a lovely part of the living space, providing great storage and a very homey atmosphere. However, because of the shape of the room, the position of the window, and the furniture already in the room, finding a table to fit the space becomes some what of a puzzle. In order to comfortably sit on the window seat at a dining room table, the shape of the table needs to rather unorthodox. I eagerly accepted the challenge! I started with a triangular design made out of joined 10" boards. The construction of  was difficult; I did not have the correct tools (planer, joiner, biscuit cutter or large clamps). So, I made it work with the hand tools, ratchet straps, and uneven garage floor at my disposal. Overall, the table has been a success, surviving countless hot meals, several coursework-induced mental breakdowns, and many long nights working on homework. 

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