MY VERY BEST FRIEND AND THE PATIO decorating with orange

This is Patrick my very best friend, one of the few ppl who actually understands how I work.

He challenged me to work with the color orange on the patio and its not been so easy.

He suggested following a Morrocan theme but thats just not me, Pat.

So slowly Im figuring out different ways to style the area.

I do have ideas to take the pattern in the pillows and stencil it onto the rug.

It will be the opposite of the pillows where the base color is taupe and the design will be orange.

If you have any suggestions regarding stenciling to a rug plz share, Im a bit nervous.

The vintage wood stool was found at a yard sale and was a simple prime and paint job.

Both George and I really love the punch it offers.

Ive also been playing with white on the floor boards but the jury is out still.

George came home with a little surprise again that I put inside my ORANGE lantern.

It helps to keep the humidity high around our new venus fly trap plant.

George deals with flowers and plants all day long running a flower delivery company

and sometimes something catches his eye and it comes home with him.

Here is another one of his surprises that I cant recall the name of right now,

but this little guy loves the deck and is flurishing out there.

One of Gramdpas old 7-up crates standing on end and a fresh olive crate create a rustic side table.

My great Grandfather and then my mothers father owned the Port Kells gas station until the 80s.

We have always had a great source of memorablia from the store.

In the corner is a large oak cabinet we found one weekend, it has the kind of rustic beauty

that I dont think Ill ever cover with paint.

A top is a small collection of old world things we love and have found or had for some time.

Ive had this cast iron lion door knocker for many years.

And here are 2 wonderful vintage wood working tools, a planer and hand drill.

I have actually used this planer a few times when working on furniture.

So, Patrick what are your thoughts?

There is still more to see as soon as I get the photos taken.

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My PBB fence

A while back, I bought a Biesemeyer fence for my PBB and added an extension that allows me to cut from 0" to 61.5" using the fence.

This is the fence with out the extension.


Here is the extension. It mounts over the fence and is squeezed to the fence with the four knobs and stove bolts. I know, that is over-kill, I could have easily just used two.


There are two scales on the fence rail, the yellow with the right hairline for when the extension is not mounted, and the white one with the left hairline for when the extension is used.


Here you can see that the extension is notched to only reveal the white scale, a reminder to use it when the extension is mounted. I need to mount something to block the right hairline when the extension is used so that I dont forget and try to use it.


When the fence is set to 0", the extension is flush with the cut edge of the EAC-1. This is accomplished by setting the fence to 0" and trimming the extension with the circular saw on the rail.


Here you can see part of the blade depth setting jig that I use when the extension is mounted. I need to move it to the edge of the PBB, so I can use it when the extension is not used.


When I have to remove the rail or the entire bridge, this is how I assure that the rail is reinstalled in the same location and parallel to the fence. I lock down the fence with the extension butted against the rail and leave it there until the rail is reinstalled. If I have to remove the fence too, I reinstall the fence to the same distance before reinstalling the rail.


This is the fence at its maximum. I can cut 61.5" without the extension and 47.875" with it.


Here trhe fence is set to the minimum distance without the extension, 14". Of course with the extension I can go down to 0".


If you have any questions, either ask here in a comment, at one of the EurekaZone forums in my favorites section.

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