Suitcase Coffee Table

A month or so ago, Scott and I were out antiquing and going through a suitcase phase.  I found this suitcase for $12 and had to have it.  It was larger than most suitcase we were finding and thought it might work for a coffee table.  We just cleaned it up some and added some wooden legs from a hardware store and it works perfect!

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A Board Goes A Long Way

We had an empty wall in our bedroom...I'd post a picture but it would be empty.  Scott put me in charge of figuring out what to do there....this is always something he regrets, since it usually means more work for him!

A few posts ago, I told the story of the barn wood for the dinning room table.  Well, we had some extra wood, so I went out and found some little knobs and hooks and in the middle of his table project I asked him to cut a board yay long and yay wide.  Next thing I knew my self was completely put together...he is so sweet!  I would have put the shelf together myself.  I added a few things I had been collecting and a few of my favorite things (My cowboy hats for boating)

Such a quick and easy project!

Note...
~ The bottles are holders for my bracelets.
~The window is like a dry erase board (The window was to be used as a small end table...maybe will be some day:

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Try....You never know what you can make!

 Our New Kitchen Table...

As kids, we used to visit my Aunt and Uncles farm on a regular basis and I have very fond memories of being there.  Chasing the baby pigs when they got out of the pen, climbing up in the hay lofts of the big barn and seeing all the mice and kittens up there are just a few of my memories.

A few weeks ago, we went out to store the boat in the barn and asked if we could take a few planks of old barn wood they had laying around.  I could see Scotts wheels turning as we loaded the long, cool, paint chipped planks into the truck.

On the way home he decided he was going to make a table for our new, big family!  With six of us, we needed a big, kick ass table!  He did warn me that he had no idea how he was going to make it and it may not turn out, but what the heck!  If if did turn out it would indeed be Kick Ass!!!

He came up with a plan and after a week and a half of hard work and trial and error, our new barn wood kitchen table is gracing our dining room!  It is beautiful and fits us all comfortably!   Our first piece of furniture to pass down to the kids someday!

Yes...you may have noticed the "lovely" 90's hutch in the background.  That is our next project!