Bunk Bed for Bella (DIY time-lapse video)
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Built a box with Joseph
Bunk Bed for Joseph
I built Joseph a bunkbed for his 4th(!) birthday. I don’t have much for gratuitous making-of photos, but here are a few of the finished product. Let me know if you’re interested in more detailed pictures (up close, joints, connections, that kind of thing).
Monitor Stand (made from Pallet wood)
Thanks to this Ugmonk post where he talks about building his own monitor stand, I was inspired to build my own. I used my (free) wood of choice, pallets.
Plywood Poster Frame
I spent an amazon gift card to get this sweet x-wing schematics poster.
I didn’t want to hide the cool matte chalk-board-like finish behind a Plexiglass poster frame, so I built a plywood poster frame instead. Pretty happy with it, except I had to cut a half inch from the top and bottom of the poster to account for my mis-measurement. I measured once & cut twice. 😳🙄
The Treehouse Adventures
In late February, thanks to some nudging from my kids (and a slight case of Spring Fever), we decided it was high-time our backyard had a tree house. Our yard has a large number of tree-house-ready trees, so we actually struggled over which location would be best.
Pallet shelf with coat and key hooks
Another pallet venture. This is modified from some pictures we found on Pinterest. In those pictures, the ones that had coat hooks had them attached to the front piece of wood, but that won’t work for us since the door would open into them. Instead, we got some celing hooks to attach underneath, and a couple standard coat hooks to serve as decorative “key hooks”.
Continue reading Pallet shelf with coat and key hooksMedia cabinet from pallets
Deconstructed the pallets with a reciprocating saw, sanded the crap out of them (80 & 120 grit), then a couple coats of tung oil.
Operation Desk: DIY desk and shelves
I decided to build a desk since the prices of nice desks are astronomical, and since I wanted it to be a custom fit for me. I knew I wanted more desk space, but didn’t want to necessarily build a giant desk, so I opted instead to build two side shelves that could serve as an extension to the desk. This is super convenient if I ever needed to use the desk in a smaller location or if I wanted to position the shelves differently.
Continue reading Operation Desk: DIY desk and shelvesDIY media cabinets/book shelves
DIY TV stand
Kitchen Repaint: another honey-do item knocked off the list.
“Southport version of Extreme Makeover”
For the last week, we have been renovating Vic & Cindy’s master bedroom in anticipation of Vic’s arrival here. He lost his job in MN, which is a bad thing, but is a good thing because he gets to move here to be with his family. We wanted to do this for them, because we … Continue reading “Southport version of Extreme Makeover”
Us before a wedding and our FINISHED POOL!
Mia and our room with furniture… Wow!
Mia and our room before furniture
Mia and the middle room
Mia and her new and improved room!
The project is starting to take shape…
Getting Started
