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Cranmer Earth Design

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Functional birdhouses and other wooden products coated with ultra-low VOC @Polywhey. Made in Canada 🇨🇦 and built to last! Posts by @TravisCranmer

 Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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Joined February 2015
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Lupin garden time-lapse from the past few weeks! youtube.com/watch?v=nkX_84TM…
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Year 4 of our crocus lawn: youtube.com/watch?v=XnZSG18_…
These time-lapse videos were captured in spring 2025, four years after we planted over 10,000 crocuses in the backyard in October 2021.

ALT These time-lapse videos were captured in spring 2025, four years after we planted over 10,000 crocuses in the backyard in October 2021.

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The drawer faces are finished! The stiles are from one continuous piece and the rails between each drawer are also from the same piece so that the grains match! The floating panels are all cut from one piece with a lot of character. I am so happy with how this turned out!
Drawer frames consisting of rails and stiles

ALT Drawer frames consisting of rails and stiles

Walnut base cabinet for kitchen

ALT Walnut base cabinet for kitchen

Walnut base cabinet for kitchen

ALT Walnut base cabinet for kitchen

The vertical stiles are from one continuous piece and the horizontal rails between each drawer are also from the same piece so that the grains match!

ALT The vertical stiles are from one continuous piece and the horizontal rails between each drawer are also from the same piece so that the grains match!

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Travis Cranmer@TravisCranmer9 Feb 2025
2025 is the year I learned dovetail joinery.
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Travis Cranmer@TravisCranmer19 Jan 2025
Winter = woodworking. Starting the next kitchen cabinet.
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We were a stop on the Guelph Horticultural Society Garden Tour on June 9th! youtube.com/watch?v=m9Hn_lyf…
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A time-lapse of the third year of our crocus lawn!
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Building our first kitchen cabinet from a walnut in our backyard.
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A time-lapse of the second year of our crocus lawn!
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See the full video at: youtube.com/watch?v=6meINOKr… #Spring #GardeningTwitter #Garden #Guelph
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This year, the crocuses did not get snowed out! Here's the time-lapse from last year: youtube.com/watch?v=Vte6kajX…
Crocuses in lawn

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Purple crocus up close

ALT Purple crocus up close

Crocuses in lawn

ALT Crocuses in lawn

A clump of purple crocuses

ALT A clump of purple crocuses

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Crocus time-lapse in Ontario.
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It took us 16 hours to plant over 10,000 crocuses in the backyard in October 2021. This is a time-lapse from the following spring. See the full video at: youtube.com/watch?v=Vte6kajX… #Spring #GardeningTwitter #Garden #Guelph
We planted 10,000 crocuses, and this is what happened.

We planted 10,000 crocuses, and this is what happened.

A time-lapse after we planted over 10,000 crocuses in the backyard ...

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@Angela_Tiessen with her @UdderTechInc waterproof overalls after planting ~9950/10000 crocuses.
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These birdhouses are completed! Which one is your favourite?!?
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The last step in the process! Coating with a base layer of @Polywhey's Suncare 900 and two additional coats of the clear Ligno Stain.
Birdhouse being coated with Vermont Natural Coatings Suncare 900 with Fujispray high volume, low-pressure sprayer

ALT Birdhouse being coated with Vermont Natural Coatings Suncare 900 with Fujispray high volume, low-pressure sprayer

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A new batch of hexagonal birdhouses are in the works!
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Lots of action in the #hexcam this morning! earthdesign.ca/live.html
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Chickadees have started nesting in the birdhouse with the live stream! Check out the #hexcam at earthdesign.ca/live.html #birdwatching #birding
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Excited to announce that @urbannaturestor now carries the hexagonal birdhouse for wrens at all of it's locations throughout the GTA as well as their store online! urbannaturestore.ca/products…
Hexagon Birdhouse, Made in Canada is now available at all Urban Nature Store locations

ALT Hexagon Birdhouse, Made in Canada is now available at all Urban Nature Store locations

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