What's Next?

While I'm waiting (im)patiently for my dining room fabric to come in here's a peek of what I'm working on right now:

Ohh! What color is that? What room is getting painted? I can't wait to show you!

My Future Coffee Table

First I'd like to thank Rachel at One Pretty Thing for featuring my Upcycled Patio Furniture! She's the best!


Ok, you might think I am crazy when I show this to you, but this is going to be my new coffee table:

I first saw it on Anthropologie 's website. I was initially attracted to it because of it's rustic combination of wood and metal. I liked that it nested and I thought the wood would be somewhat Con-Man proof. Then I saw the price- almost $800!

I kind of forgot about it until I saw it again on Viva Terra. Again it was about the same price plus shipping.

So I'm thinking about making it. It's a fairly simple construction. Metal rectangular frame with aged strips of wood. Seems simple enough. I'll have to do it in stages like I did for my coffee tables and it will take some planning.

I'll have to do a reconnaissance trip over to Anthropologie to check out exactly how it's put together. Then draw up some plans, get supplies and materials. Whenever I do get around to it I'll most likely have several posts showing my progress. 

So what do you think? Am I crazy for taking this on? I'm sure the hubs is going to think so!

One of my Favorite Places

On my way home from visiting the hubs at Fort Hood last month I made a stop at one of my favorite places:

Ikea in Round Rock, TX!! Love it!!

To bad they don't have one here in San Antonio. I guess it's better to be sandwiched in between 2 (the Round Rock and Houston Locations) then to not be near one at all. Actually it's probably better there's not one closer by since I'd probably be there everyday.

I didn't do any major damage. I was really hoping to find a new rug for our living room. But since I limited myself to the clearance section I didn't find anything I liked. (Last time I went I was looking for a rug for Con-Man's nursery and found this green one for $100 off!: 

Anyway, I didn't go away empty handed.

I bought a cute little side table (check back tomorrow to see what I did with it):

A fabric remnant that I'm not sure what to do with yet:

And I light kit that I know exactly what I'm going to do with but aren't sure when I'm going to get around to it:

So now that you have a little teaser of things to come, what is everyone else working on?