Yay! This is the newest addition to our guest bedroom: a beautiful nightstand that Caleb made with his OWN HANDS! Yes, I am just a little bit excited about this! I saw this nightstand from Pottery Barn and loved it! But I did not love the price tag. So my wonderful husband made it for me! For the past little while Caleb has been filling the garage with woodworking tools so that he could teach himself woodworking and make it his newest hobby.
To start off, we went to Pottery Barn and Caleb thoroughly inspected the nightstand. He was even kneeling on the floor at one point checking out how the drawer slid in and out...I might have been a little embarrassed.
Then he designed the nightstand with some design software that he uses at work. He made everything to scale using the dimensions Pottery Barn provided online.
Then he cut out the pieces and grooves for the pieces to fit together, painted all of them, and assembled it! I couldn't be happier with it! It looks exactly like the one from Pottery Barn, except it's a true white to match the bedroom and a brushed nickel handle instead of bronze to also match the room.
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| all of the pieces ready to paint |
wow, that is absolutely beautiful. He did such a great job.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE this! it looks amazing! when you guys start having babies he'll have to make you a crib :)
ReplyDeleteYeeeeah! Kudos to Caleb for nailing it! Looks like something I'd find in a home store.
ReplyDeletethat is so cool!!! no wonder you make all this delicious stuff for him, haha. when we move out of the city i should encourage brian to take up wood-working...
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ReplyDeleteSherri, it sounds like Caleb doesn't even need this, but you and he might enjoy this website: http://ana-white.com/. It has lots of blueprints for knockoffs of designer furniture. We have made the leaning bookshelves based of the pattern from here, and Tim altered it a bit to fit our needs.
ReplyDeletethat's so awesome! way to go caleb : )
ReplyDeleteLOVE IT Sherri!
ReplyDeleteThis is so beautiful! He did an amazing job!! I never would have thought to paint all the wood before putting it together but it looks so polished and perfect. Great job Caleb!
ReplyDeleteCaleb did such a great job!! I've been looking for nightstands...they are sooo expensive! Caleb might need to teach me a thing or two so I can make my own!
ReplyDeletethat's a great job you guys did! I love the end result!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! I can't wait to see what it looks like in the guest bedroom :)
ReplyDeleteWow Sherri! I am so impressed by your husbands handyman skills! The night stand is absolutely beautiful and so well done. :)
ReplyDeleteThis looks awesome! You need to link this up to some linky parties! Way to go Caleb! Can't wait to rest my glasses on this one day...
ReplyDeleteThat looks great!! I'm impressed. What a great skill to have!
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness! That is his first wooden construction?! No wonder you're so impressed! He is VERY talented! Way to go Caleb!
ReplyDeleteIt looks really great. So nice to have a husband who makes furniture!
ReplyDeleteOh wow this is fabulous! He did a great job!
ReplyDeleteUmmm may I borrow Caleb please? I love how it turned out! And I honestly think it looks better than the real thing!
ReplyDeleteOh it looks amazing! Great job Caleb! :)
ReplyDeleteHe did a great job! And I love styles like this, with an open shelf at the bottom.
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