I have been busy working on a few new projects even though I have yet to completely finish the old ones. Been feeling a bit under the weather this week as well so that has put a damper on the ambitions.
Last week Ashley came home with this old desk that she picked up from one of her Facebook Mom’s sites. She got it for $5! The intent is to put this in our bedroom for her to use as a hair and makeup vanity. It does need some work though. The veneer is peeling off of the top and sides and the middle drawer is pretty much busted. The remaining drawers will all fall out if pulled too far.
But I love a challenge and I have already started to rebuild it. I am going to put a new plywood top on with edging around the sides of it. It will be stained a nice dark color. The rest of the desk will be painted and antiqued in a white finish with fresh new hardware.
Another project I have started is a art room table for my sister-in-law. Its going to be one of those fancy ones using a 6-cube shelf from Home Depot topped off with an old door from the Habitat Restore. So far I have picked up the doors, assembled the shelf, and cut some peg board for the back of it. I am hoping this weekend will allow some more time to get the door cut to size and some trim wrapped around it and the shelf.
The last thing I have going on is an update to the new swing set. It was always our intent to put a sandbox underneath it but before doing that, I wanted to raise the sides up a bit, fashion a cover to keep animals out, and put a chalkboard under there. I have the new boards for the sides cut and ready to go and I found an old piece of plywood to use for the chalkboard. I even have some old trim that I am going to use to frame it out.
The last thing it needs is a cover that can be easily removed. I do have the wood from the old sandbox box that was built and never used but its a bit heavy. A reinforced plywood top would really be better for this. I will have to see what I have around the shop. 🙂