Ideas

I'm thinking there must be an easy way with transfer paper and tracing that you could replicate this.. any ideas? It makes my mouth water!

 Fabric, yarn and hot glue.. this would be fun!

$3500 from Anthropologie! Are you kidding me? Please someone make a set of these even cuter for like $40 just to prove it can be done!! I think it would be cute if the initials were all your kids or all your last initial.

Around the House

 Like 5 years ago I saw that line that pottery barn had that was blue like this, which is my favorite color.. I had an old ugly dresser, took the knobs off, replaced them with the big fat wooden ones and literally brought the PB picture in and had Lowes color match me some paint, rubbed stain over it and then sanded the edges.

Kara Pasley had made a mobile like this and I loved it! The template for the little birds is on www.Spool.com. super fun little project and a great gift idea for a baby shower.

 One day while visiting the local junk heap, I found 40 of these stool bases. They had a metal top with holes in them so they were easy to just sand up and cut a new round top. Although not sure when I'll get to the other 39 that are sitting in my garage!

 This lamp base was painted black and gold and it was broken when i got it. I got it for $20, not worth that except the wiring worked. You can kinda see where I PL'd it, a tube of liquid nails can work miracles. just painted it and left some of the black showing. It was hard to find a white lamp base.

 This is the inspiration from Anthropologie. I had this pic hanging on my "idea cork board" in the garage for months.. When I came across this cart that I got for free.. I thought that wood might look cool.

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Dining Room Tables

I guess if I had a favorite thing to build it would be tables,, probably because they are pretty easy! This one was my template that I worked on with my dad with some cool old oak he had. It's the first thing I see when I walk in the front door! Makes me think of him.

The first thing you have to do is build the base

These are biscuits, and lots of wood glue

 then biscuit and clamp the top together

These legs seemed too small for this table so we put thicker ones on it

Not the greatest picture but liked how this one turned out.

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The one that got away!

Oh, you know when you cannot decide if you "need" something.. and then you're so bummed you didn't get it? I went back a month later to Kansas City to get this box to no avail. :( You were almost mine, sweet sweet old box. The worst part is it was only $20! I was going to use it as a side table.

Making a metal and wood bookcase

' The Inspiration' from Hudsongoods $1595, and yes I could not figure out how to copy and paste that picture so I just sent it from my phone. And my husband will confirm it is a miracle I am making this blog all by myself. I'm like that scene in Zoolander, "the files are IN the computer"

First step, pick out the materials. This is my first time to a saw mill. Similar to your first trip to Disney World, just that you may lose a finger, but definitely super cool. The owner while showing me all the types of wood kept saying "Now this heres yer poplar which is a kissin' cousin to yer white oak, which is a kissin' cousin to yer".... I've never heard that. Again, Oklahoma, teaching me things.

So my friend Elliot is a jack of all trades, welding being one of them. We (he) cut the metal and laid it out on the floor, picked the sides we liked for the front and Elliot worked his magic. I have in the past, drilled holes with my drill press and secured it with bolts and lock-tite. This needed a little more support.