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I've mentioned so many times about my dad being a woodturner , his dad was a carpenter and alot of his work can still be seen around our village .I grew up around wood and learnt many times it's not a good idea to make a dolls house of out the wood sitting outside the shed seasoning,lol

Sadly my dad isn't as young as he used to be and not had the best of health over the last few years but this is one piece of what my dad makes , he made all his children one as his dad made one for him and his sister , it will be a family heirloom and i treasure it although i don't wax it as much as he would like me too ...shhhhh we won't tell him



it stands 2 foot high and is a perfect replica of a large chair , it's home to a big fluff santa at the moment

beckyboo wrote:I've mentioned so many times about my dad being a woodturner , his dad was a carpenter and alot of his work can still be seen around our village .I grew up around wood and learnt many times it's not a good idea to make a dolls house of out the wood sitting outside the shed seasoning,lol

Sadly my dad isn't as young as he used to be and not had the best of health over the last few years but this is one piece of what my dad makes , he made all his children one as his dad made one for him and his sister , it will be a family heirloom and i treasure it although i don't wax it as much as he would like me too ...shhhhh we won't tell him



it stands 2 foot high and is a perfect replica of a large chair , it's home to a big fluff santa at the moment

It must be lovely to have something like that Becky..

My mum went to beginners watercolour classes with a work colleague who was too scared to go on his own, She never mentioned it, but that christmas along with the "usual" gifts, there was a simple picture of a boat at sunset. It is a really simple thing, no "great" skill, but because she made it for me, it is intensely special.

I do treasure it and get panicky when friends little ones sit in it,lol, i shouldn't because it's super sturdy and i'm sure you treasure your mums painting just as much
I know my mum did a silversmith course when we were little and my dad still has the ring she made for him, it's very thin and worn now but means alot to him

beckyboo wrote:I do treasure it and get panicky when friends little ones sit in it,lol, i shouldn't because it's super sturdy and i'm sure you treasure your mums painting just as much
I know my mum did a silversmith course when we were little and my dad still has the ring she made for him, it's very thin and worn now but means alot to him

"other peoples kids" hmm.. always a dodgy subject!

Now that chair I do like Becky. I love old style furniture, even if is not full size. Sorry to hear about your Dad, must be a real bummer not being able to use that kind of skill.

thank you Tam, i'll pass it on
he did do a full size carver to replace a broken one he inherited from his own dad ( was beyond repair ) but it was a real labour of love
he has done about a dozen of these small carvers now and a small set to display my sisters bears on at teddy fairs

The chair is lovely Becky, it is always great to have an heirloom like that.

I have a stool that my Grandfather made for me ( sorry no piccies), I have told my boys the story behind it and trust they will treasure it as I have done.

I have a really old otterman that belonged to my great grandmother (made by my great grandfather) and treasure that too. It's in pretty bad shape and its lid is missing and I keep vowing to restore it...like everything else I'll get around to it 'someday' lol! That's the beauty of wood though, treated right it'll last almost forever and once restored that otterman will be handed down for many generations still to come!