Nightstand

I bought new bedroom furniture back in the Winter. Though I liked the nightstand that was a part of the set, I chose not to buy it because it was expensive and a little too large for my taste. In addition, I wanted something with a little more personality so that all the furniture in the bedroom wasn't matchy matchy.

I found a nightstand at I.O.METRO that I really liked so we took a stab at re-creating it in our own unique way for this weekend's project.

Here is the inspiration:

http://www.io-metro.com/ic280frm.asp?prodno=671SA1092

Now....here is ours!

We made it out of re-claimed wood from a trash pile. We've actually had this wood for about 3 months. It was very warped, but overall has come out pretty balanced. We painted the first coat brown and the top coat a guacamole green. Lara sanded it on the edges to give it a distressed look. Total cost was $10 for the paint.

In these pictures the original wood and the final product.

An outdoor "entertainment center"

Since moving in I've wanted to build this outdoor entertainment center. At the Calera house, we had the fridge in our media room and the radio in the kitchen and they've been in the garage since moving to Chace Lake. The idea was to create a cabinet where both could live permanently, but that could be used outside. We also wanted to be sure it fit in with the architecture of the house so that it doesn't look like we stuck 2x4 furniture on our porch.

The frame is made of re purposed 2x4s that we got from Daniel and Chris' house. They originally used the wood for another project and we were able to scavenge the left overs. The wainscoting is trash pieces from another project. We used slate tile for the top and added casters (wheels) so it could be moved around easily since a full fridge gets heavy.

Now if I could just find the key to lock this thing...!

An old table... a new desk

The house has a room that we call "the study". It is beautiful, but we were missing one important item....a desk! We did, however, have a huge granite kitchen table that we were no longer using. We decided to take apart the table and re-use the skirt and legs for our desk. We purchased a bamboo counter top for the desk surface. My favorite thing about this item is that it has plenty of room for both of us AND I think the color turned out just beautiful!

Pictures include the "blue print", the materials just prior to starting, and the finished product.

First up...a Workbench

First things first.... we needed a workbench to aid in all future projects! Other than the casters (wheels) this was created completely from scrap lumber we found in a trash pile at a construction site. My favorite thing about it is that it's the same height as the saw horses so we can extend workspace out if needed.

Pictures include the "blue print" and the final product.