Jan 28, 2014

Lots of Projects

Since the air is so bad and we've been pretty much stuck indoors these past few months, I have been building up a storm. I have a precious 2 hour block during Avery's nap and a few hours after she goes to bed to work on projects to my heart's content. It has been great! 

Each project I tackle I find myself more than once swearing and wondering why I am attempting such a senseless thing... (After all, what business is it of mine to build furniture from scraps of wood??) And then when I finish I get so excited that I just want to invite the whole neighborhood over to see all my hard work. :) It's kind of a roller coaster but it keeps me busy and I am learning a lot. Here are the recent projects: 

Built in spice rack:
 
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I love the carved detail in the frame.
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I made these ripoff canvas prints.  Just painted texture cream on top of photos that I stapled to painter's canvases.  The "HAMMOND" sign was a Christmas gift a few years ago. (Thanks Beth!!)
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This beautiful beast is nearly done.  It is way bigger than I had anticipated but I love it!
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I sanded and stained all the edges.
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This is a ripoff from pottery barn.  The real thing costs $1200.  
I built it out of old garage shelving (bought for cheap from ksl.com) and it cost me about $100.
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Love hanging Christmas cards on this huge frame!
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This seesaw was such a big hit that my niece threw up all over it from laughing so hard!  Ha ha!  
I made it as a Christmas present for my sister, but plan to make another one for myself cuz it was so easy.
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Here I stenciled this bird-photo onto a stool we got from Todd's late Grandma.
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I love the old weathery look.
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 And of course the toy-hiding coffee table to match the media console.
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Good thing Avery is too little to open this on her own. :)
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1 comments:

Bethany Wiggins said...

So amazing how you do all of that. (And you're welcome!)