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Custom & DIY Projects 

Norkke at the Luige Laat Trade Fair 2018

5/12/2018

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New Outdoor Furniture Collection from Norkke

3/22/2018

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Coming soon from Norkke - outdoor furniture collection 2018!
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Interior wall panel made from vintage reclaimed wood.

3/21/2018

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Reclaimed old wood material has some great potential for interior design - the texture of it is like nothing else.
The patterns, marks and scars are unique for each and every piece of old wooden board that is given a new life. In this case the boards are 20-30 years old and have spent a sizable amount of that time in outside weather. 

The frame is made of new pine wood. It forms the boundaries of the wall panel and holds the vintage boards together. The vintage boards are treated with natural wood oil which brings out the colors more vividly. The frame is painted with water based white paint.
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Maritime Table Light

3/7/2018

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Old outdoor lamp turned upside-down into a table light. Maritime style legs with natural rope and a E27 socket paired with LED filament light bulb.
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Vintage Storage Box

1/27/2018

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DIY Storage box made by mixing new and old materials. The front panel is made from old recycled boards that have naturally weathered over a decade of sun, rain and winds. The old boards fixed to a plywood plate and then finished with wood oil.  Naturally transparent oil brings out the character but also seals and protects the material. The rest of the box is made of laminated pine board. 
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DIY Rustic / Antique Style Side Table

9/29/2017

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Here`s an idea how to make a simple side table or make-up table with low budget and not much carpentry skills. First, how to achieve that antique look? Lots of hand carved details and custom parts? Well that`s one way to do it or you can just get a couple unpainted staircase rail posts from the DIY/hardware store. Something like this for 2 x 4€:
Then we need something for a frame. In this case 2.5 meters of 20x117 planed pine board will do. Just cut it to 4 pieces of your desired dimensions - 2 side parts, 1 front and 1 back board.
The assembly of the table frame can be done easily with screws. Drill the holes deep enough for the screw heads so that you can cover them later with wood dowels. Torx 5x60 screws are good for a strong connection.
There are many materials suitable for the top plate. Pine, birch, oak or other glue laminated wooden boards are readily available in most home improvement stores. MDF or melamine particle boards work also as a more affordable option. In this case the left over 30 mm thick birch gluelam board will do. After cutting it to correct size the next thing to do was to add some shape to the  edges. Of course this can be done without but after all the devil`s in the details.


For finishing the frame one coat of white paint + sanding + second coat of laquer will create a cool worn-out rustic effect. The table top was done with dark OSMO wood oil to create some contrast.
Building a traditional drawer is quite a lot of work. So for this DIY project lets take another approach. Foldable top with cool vintage looking hinges. For the bottom of this storage compartment a 6 mm plywood plate is plenty strong.
Before fixing the foldable top with the hinges it`s a good idea to fix the main table frame in place first. Since this table only has two legs it is attached firmly to the wall with 2 strong screws through the backside board. After fixing the frame in place and attaching the top plate the end result looks something like this.
The overall cost: 20-40 €. The effort: a weekend`s worth of fun.
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    At Norkke fun custom and DIY projects are always on. Recycled vintage wood with character and special one-off solutions.

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