Happy Holidays

Seriously, how can it be that this year is almost over, already!?! As I am wrapping up for this year to take some time off so we can spend some serious family time, I wanted to tell you how much I appreciate you stopping by here however often you do. I love sharing my DIY’s, freebies, Printables, fonts and bits of my life and my work with you guys, and I look forward to bringing you more handmade in 2014.

And in case you get bored during the Holidays, and need to create something. Here are a few of my recent projects that I finished and hopefully inspire you.

Christmas Dinner Table Setting | Clothesline place mats | Polka dot napkins

I applied the same polka dot technique onto my clothesline place mats.

And since I love this simple and inexpensive IKEA Rast 3 drawer chest, I made us a modern version for our hallway. I had also made one for Bailey a while back, take a look.

All I used was two pine 2×4, to give the two chest drawer stability. I simply cut them to the same length as both chest drawers measured standing next to each other, and screwed everything together with the pocket screw method. After I had the fame done, I simply drilled holes through the frame into the chest drawers, and used furniture screws to attach everything. The legs I got at ikea for just $14.

And after everything was assembled, I put two coats of my favorite Graphite Annie Sloan Chalk Paint® and the Annie Sloan Clear Wax on. 

I added a bottom border (just to the front) to simply hide the legs and the 2×4 frame. The drawer pulls are from Keeler Brass Co., which I auctioned off ebay.

Hope I inspired you, to make your very own Ikea Rast furniture piece. Let me know if you do, I would love to see it!