It's Done, It's Done, It's Done!

Oh my word. I think I am the coolest person on the planet right now. I know that is prideful but I BUILT THIS. Me! Ok, my husband did nail in two nails but only because he wanted to play with the super awesome nail gun, too!

I'm in raptures. The first thing anyone HAS to see when they come over is the media console that I BUILT ALL BY MYSELF!

It's been a few weeks and I still can't believe I did this. Thank you, Ana at KnockOffWood! Your blog inspires me. It made me do something that I probably wouldn't have considered doing for myself. I feel like I can do anything if I just have the right tools and a plan!

This picture was photographed by Shawna. You can check her out at Sweet River Photography.

Day 2 in the Furniture Making Experiment!

We head over to Allison's bright and early this morning before James had to leave for work. I get all the tools needed out. Allison shows me how to use the circular saw. I take a deep breath and make the first cut. Man, is that first cut the scariest!

I get most of the pieces cut out. There was a lot of measuring involved. I didn't want to make any mistakes. I'm a tad bit on the perfectionist side. Now for the fun part... a nailgun borrowed from a friend. Oh man, I must stop right here and proclaim the awesomness that is the nail gun. It's awesome. It's beyond awesome. It transends awesome.I think I'm in love.

So, I get to putting it together. I take another deep breath and put the nail gun to the wood and pull the trigger. What a rush! About 15 minutes later I had this...

Not too shabby for a few hours worth of work!