Giuseppi and I (Part 1)

What do you do with a load of barn wood?  What do you do when a 15-year-old grandson visits you for a few days?  You make barn wood creations!  It’s sort of like when life gives you lemons, make lemonade.  But this is a ton of fun.  We work very well together, Giuseppi and I. 

I’ve known for a very long time my Giuseppi is a very handy, mechanically inclined kid, but this is exceptional.  He’s made the traditional birdhouses, wood signs, and a tree house so his wood working skills have already been apparent.  Not to mention his duct tape creations.  I still have my checkbook cover!  But that’s another series.

 

Since he was going to be visiting everyday for quite a few days Papa and I knew we had to come up with something besides a swimming pool and yard chores to make his visits more tolerable.  When I asked him if he wanted to build stuff his look was that of “hmmm, that might work” and I knew we were in.  FYI:  15-year-old boys love power tools.  I think it’s the men are from Mars thing. 

The first project was a shelf for above a window.  Since his little sister was also included in these visits my time could not be totally dedicated to the building thing so I simply explained what I thought would look good and Giuseppi grabbed the tape measure and dug right in.  Within what seemed like a few minutes, but in reality was a bit longer, he called out from the garage.  He had cut the wood to the exact lengths and attached them together so that one board fastens flat up against the wall and the shelf comes out from there.  It looked great and fit perfectly above the kitchen window. 

It didn’t stop there.  He had an idea.  He wondered if I would like a rope attached to each side as if it were a “pull down” shelf.  He drilled the holes, tied cool knots and burned the ends.  I love it!  All that was left was to bring it in and put it up, and he had no trouble completing that task either.  I see good things coming out of these visits.  With my ideas, Pinterest, a few more planks of barn wood and power tools we can do good things, Giuseppi and I.

Stay tuned for more posts and barn wood creations from Giuseppi and I!