Media Tower

I consider this piece my first piece of furniture that my hands have built from scratch! I am so proud of myself for building this. I hope that this piece will stay with me and I will be able to pass it down in my family.

I purchased Ana's The Handbuilt Home: 34 Simple Stylish and Budget-Friendly Woodworking Projects for Every Room. Such a great purchase and I recommend it to those who want to learn more about woodworking!



Here is everything I purchased.... my proof that I started from scratch! (There are some people who cannot believe I cut and ripped everything myself!)

I was so proud that I had the frame built and that it was level!

Working on my shelves. I did not make them adjustable. I just made pocket holes and screwed them in. And of course Granger had to get in the picture!

Then I worked on the doors. Let's just say that this was the hardest part and tested my patience. I admit I got very frustrated with these two doors but end the end I did it. Never give up!

Got the doors screwed on their hinges and they work! I would just go into the garage and open and close them multiple times. I would think to myself. I did it! Now, they are not perfect but they work and that is all that matters!

I stained them with my favorite, Dark Walnut by Rust-Oleum. I did two coats of stain and 2 coats of  semi-gloss polyurethane.

I am in love with it!

I have to say I did pretty darn good!

Twine Wine Bottles

I have come across multiple pins about covering things in twine. I decided to do some wine bottles that have been sitting in my garage for a while. I sprayed the bottles with spray adhesive and then starting wrapping them up. I made 2 burlap rosettes and a maroon t-shirt rosette. I added some buttons to the center and then hot glued the rosettes to the bottles. Very simple and I am very happy with the way they came out! 

Maroon Chevron Bulletin Board

I got the idea to do this from pinterest (of course!) for my office. I need a bulletin board but I needed to add a little bit of "Nadia" to it. Here is the pin I got my idea from. I found maroon and white chevron fabric that was over priced because the custom made it...but I had to have it! I cut the fabric to the board with a 1" extra to each side. I ironed to get out the creases. 

I sprayed the board with spray adhesive and then put down the fabric.

Instead of buying upholstery tacks I bought a pack of 300 thumb tacks from Wal-Mart and spray painted them a bronze color.

Once you have your fabric put down you can start pushing down the thumb tacks. I did this over a few overs because your thumb begins to hurt, haha. 

Between pushing in the tacks I created some fabric rosettes for the corner. I made three different sizes.

I added some buttons to my rosettes for an embellishment and then hot glued them on to the board!

Here is the final product!

Now I just need to find a spot for it in my office! :)

Gig'em Blocks

I came across a pin and loved the idea of spelling out gig'em on wooden blocks. Here is the original pin.  I had some left over 2x4's from a previous project. I used three different sizes of blocks. 

I then painted the blocks white and then found a font that I thought looked best for this. I printed the letters out and then placed them on their specific blocks. I used a ball point pen to trace the letters out and i pressed down pretty hard. I wanted to leave an indent in the wood as I traced the letters.

After tracing the letters out I went over the outline with a pencil so I would have a guide to go by when I painted on the maroon.

 This was after a couple of coats of maroon. The paint I used was not very thick so I had to paint on multiple coats.

Next, I distressed the blocks all over the edges. I like love distressing. After distressing I sealed the blocks.

Here is the final product!

 I now have them in my office...since I work on campus it is only appropriate that they be there! :)

Wine bottle light!

I came across a pin a few days ago that was a wine bottle turned to a night light. Now that I know how to drill a hole in the wine bottle for the lights, I decided to give this a shot! Here is the pin I came across.

I decorated mine with these gems from Michael's. I stuck them on there with E600 super because I did not have my hot glue gun with me. I recommend using hot glue and start placing the gems at the bottom and work your way around and up. I went down with individual rows and it got hard because of the spacing. 

Eventually when you have finally finished covering the whole bottle with them you get this awesome piece of art! I am thinking I might put this in my new office :)

Upcycled Wine Bottle

I have been keeping wine bottles in my garage for a little while now. I have been telling myself that I was going to do something  with them. When I finally came across a pin, on how to drill a hole in glass, I got super excited!! I went to Home Depot and bought the glass and ceramic bits for about $10 for 4 different sizes.

I started with the second to smallest bit and started to dill away. You have to go pretty slow so you do not shatter the bottle. Once I got a good dent in it I switched over to the largest bit. This process took about 20-30 mins. I wore a padded glove and put the bottle in a pan to catch the sand from drilling.

 I used Valspar Frosting spray paint, from Lowes,  to cover the wine bottle. I sprayed on a couple of coats of it.

Once the paint dried I inserted the lights in. I found these lights at Hobby Lobby and then use your 40% coupon. Yay for coupons!!

 Now you have a beautiful piece of decor to display....perfect for the holidays!

Take any wine bottle and convert it to this!