Craft Room

I also got a new table at an estate sale. It was $25 and Kevin (Dani's husband) helped me haul it home. Good thing it is super light because it would have been hard to get down to the basement- which we didn't require Kevin's help for but I know he would have helped! While we were at the estate sale a lady from a local retirement apartment complex was asking if we would haul home a grandfather clock for her...unfortunately, as we discussed coming back to help her haul it, someone else bought it. Maybe she would have paid us in meatballs! (That was a bit of an off-track ramble :) !)

The glass front cabinet is also new. On top of the glass front cabinet is my printer and a set of speakers that I can play either the computer or iPhone with. My laptop is usually on top of the printer for storage and the cord easily reaches to the edge of table so I can type captions for pictures or sentiments for cards and print! I got it at the thirft store in downtown Bloomington. It was displaying dishes and I asked if I could buy it. I offered $30 and she said sure...wish I would have started lower, but I would have paid more! So for $56 dollars I added three pretty awesome pieces. Krystal came and crafted and there was room for BOTH of us to work on scrapbook pages at the new table.

You'll notice also that I moved my shelf like how mom had hers just next to her workspace/table. I like having the pictures and stamps closer than storing them in the corner where the new cabinet is. My cricut is on the shelf but now with the bigger table I have room to use it on the table comfortably.

$1 Chest of Drawers

I am linking up (for the first time ever!) to Between Naps on the Porch- check out what other things have gone through a metamorphosis on this Monday!

$1 CHEST OF DRAWERS...

For Amy's birthday we went to an auction and spent the day doing whatever the day brought. It was so much fun! Of course, I bought all sorts of little fun things and giggled the whole time. Em spotted this chest of drawers in the barn and we got it for a buck! The hardware was incredible and totally matched the drawer pulls on the cabinet already living in my craft room. They needed a little TLC so I cleaned them, got the rust off and then hit them with some black paint.

The entire chest needed TLC! After getting the spiders evicted and clearing out the webs from the bottom, I cleared out the bird nest from the bottom drawer. Since there was so much rust on the drawer pulls I struggled to remove them from but after a bit of work they were all off.

I fixed the base so the chest of drawers would stand upright and my craft supplies wouldn't come tumbling out and then I painted it. The paint was leftover from painting the exterior of our house and all the lumber for fixing the base was found in our garage from other projects. The drawers got a fresh coat of paint before the storm came rolling in.

AND THE FINAL PRODUCT......(insert drumroll here)

I love how it just looks like these pieces were meant to be together but I got them from at various times and places!

Now You Can Add...

Mom, Dad and Crystal: Since I have more know-how now on how these work after a quick tutorial...you guys can now add to "our" site. Now it really is our site. We have to add healthy meals on here now that biggest loser is starting. I'm so glad you are doing the biggest loser with us!!! Yippy!!!