Stool

Wow, I've really been neglecting this blog.

I actually have a couple of posts coming up, but don't get used to it as I'm about to have baby #3. ;o)

Here is a little project I finished quite awhile back and apparently never posted it.

Our neighbors were throwing this out in the trash, so I confiscated it.

The lid opens to a litte cubby inside.

(the kids LOVE that!)

The inside was pretty icky.

So after cleaning, sanding, primer (to keep those stains at bay), a few coats of white paint, and 4 coats of polycrylic, it looks like a new stool.

And so far has withstood the daily abuse from the kids.

It's in our kitchen and they use it to store toys (or hide toys from one another), turn on lights, and sit on it while eating a snack.

For fun, I modge podged some paper to the bottom, it gives it color and the modge podge seals it for wipe-ability.

End Table

So before we were married I found this table thing that had been thrown out and had been outside for a few years so it was a little bit weathered, but I used it anyway.  It was starting too look worse, so we finally decided to do something with it in the Spring of 2008.

Don't be fooled by these pictures, I actually ended up doing most of the work. ☺

Almost finished

Done!

Moral of the story, almost 2 years later Aidan has chipped the top already so I'll probably have to redo atleast the top sometime. Durn kids. ☺ I'm still glad we did it though, it looks much better than before.