I built something!…well, I helped.

I have been planning on building a coffee table since before we moved.  I even gave the coffee table we had away, to motivate myself.  We are very much a family that eats in the living room.  We watch A LOT of movies, and we usually eat dinner on the coffee table.  So, with my hasty furniture give away, and my mega procrastination, we’ve been eating (GASP!) at the dinner table.

Until today!  One of the people I’ve grown quite attached to up here, is Brett’s cousin April.  She really has become a pretty great friend to me and BONUS she has power tools and sweet sweet ideas.

Thus, our coffee table was created! And I’m sort of obsessed.

We cut down a pallet and cut scrap wood down to fill the gaps, which was much easier than breaking the entire pallet down.  We did a dark stain all over, but when I got it home I felt like it was missing something.  So, I took a chance and slopped some gold paint on the smaller planks.  I’m so happy and I feel like it really completes our living room!  Furniture is so hard to commit to, for me, and I love this more than anything I was thinking about buying.  PLUS!  It was 100% free!  Thanks April!

I’m taking a chance and really trusting my toddler with a mug of flowers.  So far she’s doing super well and touching with one finger, but the eagerness in her face tells me I may come into a room full of shredded petals.  Only time will tell!