If you are an avid reader of this blog (and I know who you are), you were probably expecting something to have been completed from this weekend. Sad news, I didn’t do anything. I should say, that isn’t without trying, I just didn’t end up accomplishing anything. We had a friend’s wedding to go to on Saturday afternoon, so most of Saturday was catching up on our other weekend tasks, and Sunday my folks came up to visit and see what we’ve done with the house.
The best news of the weekend though, was that our ceiling is FINALLY fixed. I meant to take a photo of it, but it really just looks like a white ceiling again, nothing special. And since we still don’t have furniture in the room, it’s pretty bland.
With all that said, it’s my goal this week to sit down and really figure out the next few projects. As I told my dad this weekend, the list is ever growing. On the docket so far, fix the gate and possibly make up plans to build one of the three following things:
a) build a desk from one of the doors I replaced. I’d have to cut the door down some, build a base and then stain the whole thing. All in all, it doesn’t sound too hard.
b) build shelves for the basement. To give you an idea of what I am talking about, something like this:
We saw these at Crate and Barrel last week, and really liked how the different sizes worked together. I have plenty of spare wood, I just need to draw up the plans.
c) build a dining room table. I know…what!?! I originally saw the plans over on Ana White’s website, which has plans for just about anything you can build. So what am I looking at here…see for yourself.
Here is a link to the actual plans, in case you are thinking of doing it yourself. It looks amazing, and if you compare that at the store, this would run you between $500-$1000, and the lumber costs about a total of $50, it seems to make sense to try. That all being said, I still have some work to do with the power tools, so I may just hold off on this until I do some smaller projects.
So who knows what I’ll actually do, but I know I need to fix that gate, and no project I have done yet has been a “quick” fix. What I’m saying is that it could take me all weekend. Let’s plan on that, and be pleasantly surprised when it doesn’t, okay?
*photo from: ana-white.com
About Matt and MC
We just recently bought our first home, and we decided to share our story of our adventures with you. The ups and downs of home ownership, and all the fun we'll have in between. Ignore the typos and just have fun, that's what we're here for. 
