Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Wish Me Luck...

So, I have spent a few months trying to find the perfect side/end tables for our back room. I have wanted something more rustic looking to balance out some other stuff we have going on in that room.  After months of looking online and checking out a few stores I couldn’t find anything I liked. Well I take that back, I found plenty I liked but I didn’t quite think Cody would think it would be a good idea to spend almost $800 on 2 end tables. But I also didn’t want to buy something that I didn’t really like and something that I would get sick of. So I decided I would make them myself. These are the two end tables that I liked the best, but were wayyyy out of my price range.



The first one is from Crate and Barrel and it is $399 per end table! WHAAAATT? I’ll be honest, for that price they should throw in a coffee table and lamp!



The second one is from a really great shopping site called One King’s Lane. I really liked the stain on this one and that it had sides.

So I am hoping I can come up with something in between these in style and color. That’s my big plan for this weekend. You may be wondering what other pieces of furniture I have made? None. But there’s a first for everything. My goal is for someone not to say “Wow, I’m guessing you made those.” But “Wow, where did you get those?” We’ll see. I have already gone to Lowes and priced out the wood I would need. If I never blog about them again, you will know it was an epic fail. Wish me Luck…

Friday, December 2, 2011

Fast like a snail

 We’re moving at lightning speed over here in the kitchen. Not really, but we are making some progress. The first order of business was to take the cabinet and soffit down in the middle. It started like this…




Then it was like this after the cabinet came down...


And now it's like this after we took the soffit out...




It made such a huge difference taking it out. It feels like our ceilings are now 20 feet tall! Did I tell you that were going to put up bead board ceilings? Well we are. And we are going to hang 2 pendants lights where the soffit was.  Next step is to finish getting all the wallpaper off, get the walls primed and on to the painting!