You know how your kids will be happily playing with one thing, and then all of the sudden it seems, they are totally addicted to something else...like stuffed animals and then sea creatures and then dragons and then hot wheel/matchbox cars!
Jacob steadily collected matchbox cars over the summer and then announced that he needed a shelf to hold them all. He has way more than what you see pictured...he's actually up to 84 cars.
Beau, who is never too far behind Jacob, decided that he also needed a shelf. He wanted his a little different, with black strips along the front that he could write on with chalk. I didn't want to put a finish on the shelf (lazy!) so we compromised with using MDF for the shelves and spray painting the lips with chalkboard paint. Success!
My friends Kristine and Taffy and I decided that we needed some time in the woodshop! We didn't even care what project it was, we just wanted
something to do together. So I decided on a ladder shelf that I had pinned a while ago and that I continued to admire. It was a fun project because we came up with the measurements and plans and angles together (the pin was in another language!), and worked out problems together. And I really enjoyed finishing it with a process that made it look weathered.
Here is my shelf at home with my plants! I love it! And I love my time with Woodshop friends! (Don't judge my plants. They are alive and that's enough, okay?)
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