Another reason DIY projects have taken off in my life so much is that on September 2nd I will move into a new--and completely unfurnished apartment. Through many nights of searching through apartmenttherapy I started to develop my style as industrial/shabby chic.
However that style is very "in" right now--aka ridiculously fucking expensive furnishings. I thought however, that if I were to DIY some things I could make my apartment look expensive for a better price.
I first got the idea to make a coffee table out of books from this article in apartment therapy. I know, I know the point of the article was to pick your OWN coffee table and base. But I found the book base so striking that I started to look up instructions on how to make it.
One amazing place to find DIY projects is instructables.com. I found this instructables article that explained VERY well how to make the coffee table of my dreams. I decided against painting the legs white, and am going for a shorter look than in the instructables article. But I think it's coming along great!
Despite the fact that my table does not cost upwards of $3,000, there were still some costs involved. The biggest being that I had to buy tools, including but not limited to a power drill, clamp, a hack saw, and a wood hand saw. But as my mom said "Shit girl, now you own power tools!" And in a way it was really empowering (HAHA you see the pun?!?! HAHAHA). But for reals, there is something satisfying about being a single woman and totally being able to know how to handle power tools.
UPDATE: It's almost done! The legs are done, the table top is done, all that I have left is getting the glass cut to fit, and the glass place said it would be done Monday! Unfortunately they had to keep the table top in the store while they cut but here are the legs! (sorry for the image quality)
I'm really happy that this project pretty much done for two reasons: first, looking at my (almost) finished product has made me really proud of myself, and that's the first time in awhile I've felt that. Second, as the Nine Days of Mourning are starting Thursday at sundown I will not be able to do projects as one restriction during this time of mourning is a prohibition on renovating and home decoration. So I'll be sad and not be able to work on projects soon, but not for so long.
I'll post pictures of the finished product soon :).
Despite the fact that my table does not cost upwards of $3,000, there were still some costs involved. The biggest being that I had to buy tools, including but not limited to a power drill, clamp, a hack saw, and a wood hand saw. But as my mom said "Shit girl, now you own power tools!" And in a way it was really empowering (HAHA you see the pun?!?! HAHAHA). But for reals, there is something satisfying about being a single woman and totally being able to know how to handle power tools.
UPDATE: It's almost done! The legs are done, the table top is done, all that I have left is getting the glass cut to fit, and the glass place said it would be done Monday! Unfortunately they had to keep the table top in the store while they cut but here are the legs! (sorry for the image quality)
I'm really happy that this project pretty much done for two reasons: first, looking at my (almost) finished product has made me really proud of myself, and that's the first time in awhile I've felt that. Second, as the Nine Days of Mourning are starting Thursday at sundown I will not be able to do projects as one restriction during this time of mourning is a prohibition on renovating and home decoration. So I'll be sad and not be able to work on projects soon, but not for so long.
I'll post pictures of the finished product soon :).
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