The smell of sawdust conjures up images of our Grandpa who we called Dad. Dad was a carpenter and the smell of sawdust will always bring happy memories of him working with wood.
Today it was 70 and bright and sunny. Perfect day for working on some projects in the garage for us two old ladies! We finally finished the cabinet we have been working on. Here is what we started with, some old boards from the dismantled built-in cabinets that were in our old bathrooms before the reno on those. We also had a glass door that was left over from an old bookcase we rescued last summer. We had torn that apart and made 2 storage shelf units for our new bathrooms. (we still have another glass door left over, use to be determined!)
As you can see, the boards were covered in coats and coats of paint. Patti stripped and sanded these and then we commenced construction. We just kinda planned as we went along without a real pattern or directions, we think it turned out pretty well!
Here it is in the garage when we finished and now in its new home, in the guestroom, next to THE CHAIR! what chair is that ?? This is an old chair from the courthouse in Forman. Patti found this at a garage sale a few years back in Forman and it has now made the trip to Tupelo and restored to all its former glory. Patti remembers sitting in a chair like this when visiting Aunt Amy at the courthouse during her Judgeship. Pretty cool huh! ?
A couple of other little projects—Patti made a rolling potting table for me. I will be putting this to good use next spring! Notice the plastic tub on the shelf and also one in the next project. These are more garbage picks from neighbors down the street. So far we have 3 sets of headboard/footboards to upcycle and a tv console, so more sawdust to come! The second project here was a quickie….we spotted this old dresser that was again “out for the garbage man” and hauled it home. With the drawers removed, shelves added, it is now a handy dandy tool chest for the garage.
Stay tuned for more projects. We are in full blown planning and construction here!
