Desk project

Hubby & I have caught the "building things" bug! Our latest project is new desk area for our living room/computer room. As you can see, we have Hubby's desk, the big one to the right. Then we have a hutch & 3 mismatched desks on the left. For some time, I have wanted to build in a desk/table to replace the stuff on the right.

So we build a desk. Here the kids are helping sand one of the desk parts.

It is a pretty simple design. 5 2x4s screwed together in a rectangle. Each desk part has 3 of these "legs". The top is a plywood piece that is 2x6.

We made 3 desk units. The one on the far right had to have about 2 ft. cut off in order to get it to fit.

After these desks sat in the living room for about 2 weeks, I finally had a nice day. We carried them to the garage where I sanded them. Then we turned them upside down. I painted the legs black to match Hubby's desk.

When the legs were dry, we turned them back upside right. Then I stained the tops & coated them with polycrylic. This took all took about 4 days. I love the way they turned out.

Today we carried them in & put them in place. They are a little darker than Hubby's desk but it makes that half of the room look more uniform. We still need to hook the 3 units together for extra stability.

Now we have a nice big table/desk for laptops, projects & school work. We even have room for extra laptops when we have StarCraft parties! Now to get the old desks moved to each of the kids' rooms & get the house put back in order.

I wonder what our next project will be??

 

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Our big project!

So, after Christmas, Hubby decided to get our bedroom cleaned out & make it more of a sanctuary for me. When he did this, we talked about making a frame for our bed. I told him I'd like to have our bed higher as it would make it easier to get out of bed.

I found a simple bed plan online & modified it. Hubby bought wood yesterday & we started our project.

I spent over an hour sanding all the wood down.

Then we build the outside frame.

It was pretty late so we slept on our mattress on the floor.

This morning we drilled holes & bolted the posts to the frame.

Here's the frame with posts attached.

Next we put braces in. Don't look too closely at our spacing!

Next we put plywood on top after we cut out the corners for the posts.

Then I took batting & material (old sheet) and covered the edges of plywood so we wouldn't get splinters.

Here it is finished.

Next we put our box springs on.

Then our select comfort bed. Hubby had to check it out.

Here is the finished product.

It ended up taller than we thought it would be. We need to get a couple of boards to put on each end to keep the mattress from sliding. Hubby is also talking about building me steps to make it easier to get in & out of bed. But other than that, our project is done!

 

 

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Snow pics - 1/5/14 (post 2)

More snow pics as well as pics of kids & Hubby shoveling the driveway! Enjoy!!!!

Hope you enjoyed our snow pics! We had to get out today & enjoy as the temps will be sub-zero for next couple of days!!

 

 

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SpringHill Camp youth work week!

I spent last week with a group of incredible young women & young men volunteering at SpringHill camp. In this post and the next, I just plan to share a lot of pictures. I will share a post sometime later about what God taught me during the week. For now, let me just thank all of you who were praying for me! I made it through! It started as a rough week for me & ended with me feeling the best I have in a long time. Through your prayers, God blessed me incredibly! So thank you!!! Now, on to the work pictures!

I was in the kitchen all week so the only work pics I have are in kitchen or outside the kitchen. I did include pics from Debby & Corinne so you could see some of the other things the kids did.

Hannah & Nora getting ready to work.

Zach rinsing dishes.

Gabe putting away clean dishes.

Hannah & Nora washing apples.

Zach & Gabe mopping the dish room.

Sam H. Helping rearrange the freezer.

Gabe sweeping the Octoball pit.

Andrew sweeping the porch around the dining hall.

Zach washing windows.

Andrew washing windows.

Sam H. washing windows.

Gabe & Sam H. washing windows.

Gabe washing the chimes.

Gabe, Andrew & Zach washing windows.

Gabe putting away dishes.

Brittany rinsing dishes & Justin goofing.

Jamie washing tables.

Jamie washing tables. She washed all the tables on her own!

Justin & Debby discussing work crews.

Brittany & Christina pulling weeds.

Pastor Bryan weed eating.

Gabe & Nora pulling weeds.

Ryan picking up brush so he can weed eat.

Mikey weed eating.

 

Picking up trash around the dumpster. (Debby's photo)

Picking up trash around dumpster. (Debby's photo)

Trimming bushes. (Debby's photo)

Trimming bushes. (Debby's photo)

Trimming bushes. (Debby's photo)

Weed eating. (Debby's photo)

Filling potholes. (Debby's photo)

Pulling weeds out of volleyball court. (Debby's photo)

Me in the kitchen. (Debby's photo)

Spreading sand on the beach. (Corinne's photo)

The kids worked very hard this week. They also cleaned bathrooms & the lodge. They did other projects too. Whatever needed done, we did! The kids impressed me with their work ethic! They worked so hard with minimal complaints. Way to go GEC youth!

 

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