Post #638107 by MadDogMike on Sat, May 26, 2012 10:20 PM

Thanks for all the well-wishes :) Mom and baby are doing fine. Jon, I showed mom that cool tattoo and she said absolutely not! Big brother Goober was elated to finally meet his little Tater Tot but by now I'm sure he's wondering when that noisy little thing is going to go back where he came from :lol:

I'm not so good at furniture or architecture designs, I guess this would be considered Danish Modern? Colonial Spanish? Post-Modern Egyptian?

Whatever it is, I saw a Polynesian A-Frame and it inspired me for a patio tiki lamp design.

I don't need one right now but I thought I might as well post the design and maybe someone could use it. Then I thought "Hey, this would make a good mug shelf!" Then I thought "If it would make such a good mug shelf I bet someone already thought of it".

Well, here it is anyway

Could be made out of 2x6 for patio use, or pine 1x8 or 1x10 for indoor use. Could be tall and skinny with just a bottom crossmember for a light stand, or wider with lots of mug shelves. If it were loaded with mugs, it might not need the little "outrigger" feet to keep it from tipping over. For an patio light stand, a tumbled concrete garden wall-building stone on the bottom shelf would keep it balanced and still look organic. For patio use, a shelf extending out at 2 feet high would make a nice chair-side drink holder. Could router some designs in the sides. Burn, stain, varnish, etc. It would require some mitered cuts, but nothing that couldn't be done with a Skil saw.

Just a thought.

"And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music" Friedrich Nietzsche

Edit - picture of inspiration lamp added

[ Edited by: MadDogMike 2012-06-09 12:06 ]