It all started when Kevin was bugging me about making the barndominium look like we actually live here. So it's been a year since we've moved in, and I've been a little busy what with getting married and being a roller derby queen and a house wife. JEEZ.
First, I started with these 1 foot barn beam shelves using some cedar we had in the barn. I got the idea from Ana White's blog.
Below, you can see how the sides are a bit unfinished. I need to sand and maybe use some wood filler to give it a more polished finished look.
I made them as floating shelves and was so impressed with myself. The pictures are of the unfinished shelves, but you can see how it was assembled to allow for the floating wall mount.
This empty space sandwiched betweent he top and bottom boards accommodates the wall cleat seen below. Notice I messed up the screw hole and had to add another. OPPS, oh well you can't see those when the shelf is up.
I liked the 1ft barn beam shelves so much that I made a two footer for my guest bath. This one I painted a barn wood grey (as shown) and then later distressed it and added a coat of Minwood Drift Wood stain.
Because my shelves were so successful, I've a whole passle of projects I want to complete. This bath-top desk is my latest creation. It took seriously 20 minutes to put together and probably would have taken less time if I had measured properly. When I was putting on the wood feet underneath, I measured from the insides of the feet instead of the outsides, so I had to move them in to get a proper bathtub fit. This was a pinterest project that I found @http://www.myuncommonsliceofsuburbia.com/diy-bathtub-shelf
(Look at Forrest, isn't he cute. He likes to sit on the rug and protect the bathtub when I'm there.)
My next project is to build a bench for my sister-in-law, Linda. And then who knows what I'll make. Come back and check up on my progress.
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