Our Pallet Chair

Well I know the pallet project craze has been going on for quite some time. However, we are new to the blog world and had never heard of them until a few months back. So, when my in-law's neighbors offered to give us some pallets we snagged them up.  I had shown Rob various projects, and he said that he wanted to try out the chair.  Our inspiration was this chair done by Holy Scrap Hot Springs:

Rob was able to assemble the chair using a single pallet and basically figured out what worked for him along the way.  Then he used a belt sander to sand it down with 50, 120 and 330 grit paper.  Then he stained the chair with some leftover stain from a previous project. 

 Here is what the chair looked like with and without the stain.

 Here is the finished chair after it has been stained. We are looking forward to using these in our yard this summer.

Thanks so much for stopping by our blog! Enjoy your day.

Megan

Bridal Shower Monogram Gift

A friend of mine is getting married in a few weeks.  I thought I would try and make her something for her bridal shower gift to go along with the traditional gifts I purchased.  I bought white shadow box from Michaels.  I removed the glass from the front.  Then took a piece of fabric that I had gotten from Jo-Ann's and adhered it to the back piece of the shadow box.  I picked up a letter from Michaels for their last name, and then added felt numbers for the year they are getting married. 

Here is the final product:

Hope you like it! I had fun making it for them. It's the perfect project to complete when you have a toddler running around because it doesn't take a lot of time.

Megan

Summer is Here

We've been pretty busy lately now that summer is in full swing.  We were able to go to Dutch Wonderland in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.  It was a lot of fun, and Wynn loved seeing real princesses.

Today I took a break and went to to amazing barn sales that are about forty minutes or so from my house.  The first one I headed to was at Stylish Patina in Frederick, Maryland.  They have a barn sale every third weekend of the month. They have some amazing vendors that have space there and they sell Annie Sloan paint products.  Here are photos of two of my favorite items I saw there this morning:

Then I headed over to Chartreuse & Co for their barn sale that is also located in Frederick, Maryland.  They also have sales each month with a great variety of vendors. Here are some of my favorite items that I saw.

I ended up leaving Chartreuse & Co with this super cute lantern for our deck.

Now we're getting some work done during Wynn's naptime.  Here are some of the projects we are working on:

I ended up painted the chair a gray color so far. I've ordered some fabric to cover the seat with, and I am excited for it to get here.  Then I experimented with washi tape for the first time and created a cute new frame for my desk at work.

Rob is out in the garage working on some pallet projects after we scored ten of them from neighbors of my in-laws. We've seen so many inspiring ideas on Pinterest and thought we'd give it a try.

Enjoy your weekend!

Megan