Things we've learned.....

1. Building a dresser requires 2 people, at least.
2. Wood glue is forever. If you decide it shouldn't be forever in that spot it's REALLY REALLY REALLY hard to get it apart and requires a hammer and scraper.
3. Once you can't laugh at the little annoying stuff it's time to go back inside and call it a day.
4. It's pretty awesome building something that will be in your house for years to come.
5. MDF is freaking HEAVY.
6. Always wear protective eye gear before cutting MDF with a miter saw. Trust me on this one.
7. The middle always needs extra support.

The legs going on. We adjusted the length of the legs since we added the bottom drawers. I think we made them 2 in. shorter than the plans.

Adding the support to the middle. Again, MDF is flipping heavy and the middle was sagging some.

Finally got that finished, now for all the trim work.

And that was it for the night. Quitting time is 5pm!

Yesterdays progress....

First off.... all the wood!!! And our scrap pile, getting pretty big!

Next, attaching the drawer dividers was HARD! It was almost impossible to keep the boards at a 90* angle so I had the idea of putting on guides to use while attaching the boards then taking them off. This is what it looked like for the top drawers.

Finally have them attached and working on the last divider.

All the "insides" done and ready to start the sides

The sides are finally on!!!

And now the top! Yippie, we were done for the day!

Today we will do trim work and get the legs on. Hopefully that will be a lot easier!

Our next project.

N will be leaving soon (booooo) so we are trying to stay busy and keep our mind of the huge suck that is quickly approaching, that leads us to another project. We had so much fun working on the table (and it turned out AWESOME) that we decided it was time for a new dresser in the bedroom. Well, I decided and he pretty much agrees to anything. I figure it's only fitting since I built the bed, now I'll have a dresser and soon new nightstands that all match. Plus it's nice to start getting rid of all this old furniture that we never liked anyway!

So here is a link to the new project and we are starting today! New Dresser!!

It's in the house!!!

It's DONE!!! Well, it's mostly done. We don't have the feet on it right now because it make the table too high for the chairs but hopefully we'll have new chairs soon and the feet can go back on. I'm happy with it.

 

 

First coat of poly!

The second coat of stain FINALLY got dry today after putting it out in the sun for a few hours. I think it's just been so cold in the garage with no air flow that it was taking forever to dry. Plus being outside aired it out a lot and it doesn't reek nearly as bad as it did before.

 

  

  

Hopefully tomorrow we can get it finished and start the week with it in the dining room!!

First coat of stain!

First coat of stain

The table top

 

My hand prints...

 

  

I have no idea how I did this but I ended up with 4 hand prints on the table in different spots. N thinks it's funny but I'm pretty annoyed. It's not that obvious unless you know to look for them. I wanted it unique and now it it! lol

Dining room storage table

I found plans for this fantastic dining room table on Knock Off Wood (http://knockoffwood.blogspot.com/2010/01/plans-storage-dining-table-pottery-barn.html ) and knew I had to build it. The table we have now has seen better days, it's over 20 yrs old and some pieces walked away during one of our moves so it's more than a little wobbly. N and I bought all the wood to start on the table Fri afternoon and we've had a good time building this together. It's not often we spend all day working on something together without butting heads even a little. lol This has definitely been a project that needs 2 sets of hands!

The frame for the table this morning

 

With the inner aprons attached.

 On top of the wood we used for the table top. We had to cut out the circle because we couldn't find a round top in the size we wanted.

 

The finished base with the feet attached.

N adding support to the bottom of the table top. That thing is sturdy now!

 

Whoohooo!!! Finished! Now on to sanding and staining! 

With the feet it's a little taller than we had anticipated so our current chairs are too short but that's fine because we were planning to replace them anyway. Hopefully Anna will have the plans for her parsons chairs up soon and I can build those to the size I need!

So that's how we spent all day today! I think tomorrow morning we will putty all the screw holes and call it good until Mon and I'll start sanding!