Home Renos 3.4

Time for another reno update!  We've been really busy lately so I have not been making as much time for blogging as I should.  Part of this is because I haven't been able to get as many pictures of things we've been doing, so I become less motivated to blog about what has been done until I have enough pictures.  Now in the time! :)

Alright, so my last blog left off with us going away for the weekend, meaning much was not going to be happening then.  Unfortunately the weather was bad, so we decided to cancel our weekend.  This was ok in a way because we ended up building our little shoe shelving unit.  It was a lot of fun because we did it together and John actually let me help in the building process, instead of just having me clean up or hand him things. We got up on Saturday (the 8th) and went to Home depot to pick up the wood we would use for it.  We found this neat layered wood that, while John didn't think it was the best wood because it was layered, I really liked.

See the layered look it cool!

All ready to get started.

John got everything measured and cut and then let me drill the holes for the screws, screw the screws in and then put a few finishing nails in.  I only did a little bit of the screwing because I was having issues with the drill and getting them in straight.  I mainly did the nailing.  Here is some proof that I worked on it!

The whole thing came together quite quickly which was nice.  John even got the first coat of stain done that day and then the other done later on in the week.  We haven't got to varathaning it yet, mainly because we decided we would just do it at the same time as the bench.  Unfortunately I do not have any pictures of it stained, but I do have pictures of it completed...

Should be big enough for all my shoes!!

Last weekend John had a baseball tournament going on and he was helping a friend move, so he didn't get any progress done on Saturday, but on Sunday he was able to get the bench completed, minus the lid, as he didn't have enough wood.  Unfortunately I did not get any pictures of the progress as I was hanging out with a friend making crafts (which I also didn't get pictures of the progress, as I forgot!).  Here are some pictures of the nearly completed bench and the artwork I did with a friend for our newly painted main floor!

Nearly complete!  It's nice and deep for extra storage.

The button tree I made from a pin I found on Pinterest.
The lovely Joanne Phendler helped me draw and paint
the tree.  Can't wait to find a spot to put it up!

That's it for now, hopefully we'll get some more work done on the entrance in the coming weeks in order to finish it up and start enjoying the summer! :)