Finished table

It only took me two days but I've finished my table. I think it looks amazing. It's too tall to use as an end table. So I decided to put it in the "foyer" as a hallway table. I've been looking for one to go there for some time and I'm so happy that it worked out the way it did!! If you're wondering about the plans I used, you can see them here.

Bear booty made it in the picture!

I learned a couple of things about woodworking on the way.

When cutting the wood and it calls for off square, this means instead of the wood laying down flat, it stands up on it's smaller side.

Always double check what you're supposed to cut. Triple check it even! I ended up having to go back and re-cutting the wood because I didn't read that it said not parallel to the other side.

Use glue for the leg supports, otherwise they will turn.

Sneak Peak!

I've been spending a lot of time in the garage recently. I thought I'd show y'all a sneak peak of what I'm working on!

These will be the legs for my end table.

Just saying, best investment ever!

This is what it does :)

I'll be working on it later today and tomorrow after work. I'm hoping to be done with it by the weekend! I have a "back-to-school" party That I'm hosting and I want to show this puppy off!

First Builing Project... DIY Mirror Makeover

A while ago I pinned this. Needless to say, it's my new FAVORITE blog of all time. Anyway, back to what I was writing about. I bought a $4 mirror from Target, they are all on sale due to back to school time. Here's my progress pictures.

Finished product!

Awesome natural character in the wood

I love the grain!

Guestroom Linen

Remember back in July while my parents were here and I told you about my curtains? Well if you recall, the first bit of fabric was too short, so I'll show you what we ended up doing with it! Before my parents left, we laid the fabric out and pinned it to make a duvet cover. I'm such a fan of duvets because I don't always have to wash the comforter part that goes into the fabric. I took the leftover fabric from the duvet and made 6 little throw pillows for the bed. Here's the pictures of the final product.
P.S I'm in absolute LOVE with the fabric pattern!!

Guestroom, Complete!

Aside from finishing my dresser, I painted the guestroom. I wanted to decorate in a way that my guests would feel at home without feeling overwhelmed with family pictures, clunky wall decor, etc. I went on a mission one Saturday, I hit up Target first. They had this wooden floor vase on sale for $10. Michaels had some flowers for it on sale for $2. I had some old, handled, ceramic crocks that I threw in there. I then found some doilies at my favorite antique shop for $0.75 each. I painted them green and displayed them in front of a piece of scrapbook paper and hung them on the wall. The frames are from Hobby Lobby, probably the most expensive thing in the room. Finally, my little vintage mirror was picked up at a (usually) overpriced antique store, for $5.