This is the story of a girl who could not find in stores what her little mind was imaging. So she came up with a plan, sketched out some ideas, made some measurements, bought some wood, hesitated for the tiniest of moments-unsure of whether she could really accomplish such a feat, got over it, picked up a drill, crossed her fingers, and got to work!
YAY! I built some furniture!
Don't you hate it when you can't find what your looking for?! Well if you have a little knowledge, which I did from learning how to use a lot of power tools in the art studio in college, and if you can sketch out a plan, I truly think anyone can build some furniture!
Just so you know, I've never built any type of furniture before, so I'm definitely no expert!!
Well, I've kinda built something before, but the only woodworking that was done on it was to screw in turned legs I bought at a hardware store. The rest was all painting and upholstery! I'm talking about my DIY Ottoman I donated to a charity auction!
Here's how it all when down!
I can't believe I built something! I'm so excited to paint this baby and try my hand at something else!
Like the accent table I blogged about here!
YAY! I built some furniture!
Don't you hate it when you can't find what your looking for?! Well if you have a little knowledge, which I did from learning how to use a lot of power tools in the art studio in college, and if you can sketch out a plan, I truly think anyone can build some furniture!
Just so you know, I've never built any type of furniture before, so I'm definitely no expert!!
Well, I've kinda built something before, but the only woodworking that was done on it was to screw in turned legs I bought at a hardware store. The rest was all painting and upholstery! I'm talking about my DIY Ottoman I donated to a charity auction!
Here's how it all when down!
I bought all my wood from The Home Depot, they cut it for me free of charge!
So no saw needed!
Ok, don't judge me, but I did all the building of this inside, in my living room!
It was a bazzilion degrees outside, and I really wanted to finish them!!
Hey a girls gotta do what a girls gotta do!
Adding some trim to finish it all off!
I love that all the trim pieces fit together so seamlessly!!
I actually built two tables, since I wanted the piece to span nearly eight feet! I wasn't sure about stability of a piece that long, and also I figured I would be able to reuse them a lot easier somewhere else if I want to change the room!
I can't decide on colors, so for now I just moved it all behind the sofa!
I'm looking forward to getting it all painted and styled!
The sofa table also hides a secret. You see I use to store large painters canvas behind my sofa and sometimes it would peak out! Well not anymore! All my canvases fits snugly under my new
DIY'd sofa table!
Yay! For hidden storage!
I can't believe I built something! I'm so excited to paint this baby and try my hand at something else!
Like the accent table I blogged about here!
