A Blind Stumble: The "Cost Me Nothing" Craft- End Table

I mean it.

This cost me nothing.

I've been dying to do a crate craft for months

But couldn't justify spending $10+ a crate

And then one day we went to Houston

And after years of my grandmother/packrat

trying to send us home with random things and unwanted food

She had multiple raw wood wine crates she had gotten from Sam's

I was in heaven.

Along with that she made us take home alot of other things

I didn't necessarily want but will find use for eventually.

My dad was in town this weekend

It was so refreshing to have someone around

who shares my love and vision for crafting.

My mom just thinks I need to just buy it

and not waste time and energy because

"it's not going to look as good"

The negativity I surround myself with is astounding.

But Dad was just as psyched as I was.

I cleaned out the crates and sanded them

started staining with a Mahogany stain

we already had in the garage

I had in mind to use two of them

stacked as an end table for my couch

Something to hold blankets or decor.

I sealed them with a satin polyurethane

that I had left over from my coffee table project

I loved being able to bounce ideas off my dad

It was his idea to screw them together

instead of wood glue like I had planned

also already on hand in the garage

I was so excited about this project that I forgot to take before pictures.

(worst blogger ever over here)

But I do have another unfinished crate

that I will take a picture of just to show you

what the wood looked like before

AND THIS COST ME NOTHING

thanks Dad :)

Let me know what you think
Or send me links to your projects too

xoxothanks!

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