Thursday, May 13, 2010

Furniture

What does one do, you may ask, when he or she has no work? Here are a few examples of what we have been up to lately.

Matt and I were blessed to get a beautiful bed frame for our wedding (almost 3.5 years ago already!), but we have never had any nightstands....so he decided to make some to match our existing bed frame.



He got a new tool called a "Craig Jig" for Christmas this past year from my parents. It is a handy little tool that allows you to make hidden "pocket" screw holes that hold together furniture. So great! He was able to use this tool to make the new night stands and he did a fantastic job!!!!










My friend Hilary heard that we were looking for an inexpensive dresser, so she said she would keep her eye out for one being as she lives near one of the only thrift stores in the county, and it happens to be the ONLY one I have heard of where EVERYTHING, including furniture, sells for $1.00! She found a dresser for us that needed a little bit of TLC, but overall was an incredible buy! I stripped the paint off, sanded it down, re-painted it in black, and ordered new drawer pulls for it.
Dresser - $1.00
Black Paint - $13.50
Drawer pulls - $13.00
Having a place to put my clothes away - $$$PRICELESS$$$