Pallet project

I found a use for last week's pallet...

Bookshelves.

This was the idea that I found on Pinterest. Gotta love Pinterest!

And here is my version.

2 bookshelves for my son's room.

And here's how I made them.

Using Lindsay's handy hand saw, I cut off both sides of the pallet.

Then cut pieces from the extra slats to fit into the bottom of each shelf.

Nailed them in.

And added hangers.

It was as easy as it looks & actually took me longer to stain them than to make them.

So thank you Pinterest for the great idea!

Confession

It's finished!!

Remember the armoire that I found on Craigslist??

It's now painted white & shabby chic!!

I LOVE how it turned out! A few of you have asked me for tips on painting, sanding, etc., and here's the best advise I'm qualified to give...

have an expert paint it for you!!

That's right. I TOTALLY cheated on this one. And it was worth every penny! I realized, after spending an hour on just the drawers, that I may never finish it. So I had Jeff at Facelift Furniture paint it for me, and he did an awesome job. If you're a BCS local, check out his website. He has some great pieces for sale, or he can custom paint something for you.

I'm off to another project, one that I will not be cheating on :)

Our First Build {Complete!}

WAY back in April I shared with you the beginning stages of my first build of any kind. We finally have it complete! It sat in our garage until we moved in to the new place in mid-June. It has taken me a while to get the room ready for any kind of photo-op. It's still not complete but at least the bed area is in decent enough shape that I can show you how it turned out.

We painted the bed black and held off on making the side rails...mainly because those have to be built in place. Frankly, we were also WORN out from getting the house ready for move-in and just didn't have the time or energy to get them built and painted. Remember, we built 3 of these. The girls beds will be shown in another post later. I would have preferred to have the rails but these work just fine... and maybe one day we can do that and sell the rails on Craigslist.

I just got a $15 white dust ruffle to cover the metal rails.

Overall I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out. It's a feeling of accomplishment to have it done. Remember the plans can be found on Ana White's website. They really aren't that hard to build and I think we probably spent between $80-100 for the bed. $45 of that was for the metal rails... so if you have time and plan to build the wood rails (which give the bed a better farmhouse feel) you will save some money. Either way, it's better than spending $500 for a Pottery Barn bed.

Linked here:
The Shabby Nest
Miss Mustard Seed
Chic on a Shoestring Decorating
Beneath my Heart

Cool things to do with pallets!

Did you know there are so many fun things to do with pallets?? People are SO dang creative! I have this pallet outside that needs to be put to some good use. With all of these great ideas, I wish I could get my hands on a few more!!

My oh my, what shall I do??