In the chaos of moving, I still managed to set aside some time for projects to personalize the new space. Since most of the furniture & decorations are mine, the apartment is missing a masculine touch from the bf. I'm desperately trying to add some more neutral aspects but still beautiful pieces without loosing who i am and him.
We decided to do our first project for the apartment together and build a coffee table... surprisingly to the both of us it came out great! We couldn't be happier :) Now we just need legs which a friend is making for us because we would like them to be metal.
We purchased wood from a local home depot, i believe it was Douglas fir. We stained the wood with coffee and coffee grinds. To finish it off we took a heat gun to add the unique burn marks. The table is held together is large hex bolts and washers to give it a more industrial look.
For my next project I did it on my own. I had some great leather picture frames but they were in incredibly bright colors. I decided I still liked the style but wanted to make them a little more worn looking. I white washed the frames and scuffed them up with sand paper!
Next project is shelving...i'll let you know how it goes!
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