Raina Nicole Woodworks

10/23/2026

The full build of my outdoor lounge chair. No screws, no fasteners, just a lot of wood joints for my second ever chair build

10/21/2026

I made a mistake. Now we have to fix it. Doing 4 Dutchman patches to make the joining of the seat with the back legs look much more seamless. Along the way, relying on my ŌURA 5 to tell me when to go hard, when to rest and tracking my (very long) recovery after surviving sepsis this summer. My heart has been sloooowww to return to baseline but I get to be back working hard in my shop, winning games in beach volleyball and no permanent organ damage. Hallelujah! Life is good!

(And spoiler, I finished the whole rocking chair today! Stay tuned)

10/20/2026

I made a mistake. Now we have to fix it. Doing 4 Dutchman patches to make the joining of the seat with the back legs look much more seamless. Along the way, relying on my Oura Ring 5 to tell me when to go hard, when to rest and tracking my (very long) recovery after surviving sepsis this summer. My heart has been sloooowww to return to baseline but I get to be back working hard in my shop, winning games in beach volleyball and no permanent organ damage. Hallelujah! Life is good!

(And spoiler, I finished the whole rocking chair today! Stay tuned)

10/19/2026

Assembling the seat for my outdoor lounge chair

10/19/2026

10/17/2026

I need to take a nap after the stress of this glue up. My Oura Ring tracked this as about as taxing as playing competitive beach volleyball. Glad you guys find it relaxing tho

10/16/2026

Making huge mortise and tenon joints for my outdoor lounge chair. These are the legs and will probably still be standing after the apocalypse

10/14/2026

Fixing my rocking chair. Some crazy heatwaves caused the seat bottom to pull away from the seat back. So a little support beam with mortise and tenons was added.

10/11/2026

Fixing the gap by adding a support piece. It’s not even fully secured yet and already solved the problem perfectly!

10/09/2026

1mm tenons are so cute! But will be strong enough to provide the support the seat bottom needs