I'm SO excited! I scored big on Craigslist

  I've been drooling over the factory cart coffee tables in all the catalogs lately.  Unfortunately they go for over $500 and that just isn't happening anytime soon.  I had actually just downloaded a plan from Ana-white.com and then to my delight found these locally.  The dude had no idea what he had so I picked up both carts for $100.00!!!  I'm going to need to sandblast the metal and clean up the wood, but one is going to be sweet in the living room.  Maybe I'll re list the other one and make some money on this!!  Project before and after pictures to follow for sure.

Its been too long and its time to get working!

I didn't realize it had been so long since I've posted. A few things have changed with the pit. We put a new roof on and did all the soffit work last summer. Needless to say that went WAY over budget so other projects are going to have to wait a while. It looks great and its nice to have it off our to do list. I decided to go brown instead of the gray that was existing, trying to get some more earth tones in and hope to tie in some rock and things later if we do the porch overhaul. I'd like to do center steps down, with new craftsman posts and paver walkway. Ahhhh dreams. Seriously though we are looking at some structural issues so its on the short list. Maybe next year.