The One Room Challenge....Week Three

You might be wondering what my hubby, Skip and I are doing....all in the name of the One Room Challenge! My son and I decided we wanted to create a few end tables for his room out of tree stumps that we would paint in a high gloss white. I picked up stumps for his project curbside in the neighborhood a few months ago. A neighbor had to cut down a tree to make way for a new garage.

I was on a snowy walk early Sunday morning and found a larger stump that I figured I might want to use in another room....and while we were doing the cutting and painting it just made sense to do the entire project for BOTH of us at once. So I walked home and got my trooper of a husband and he came with the dolly so we could load it up and get it home! Hence the picture above!

My son's set of tables is on the left and my side table is on the right! Careful measuring to create an even surface is essential and then the fun part.....

 Skip is just the best...he got this done in a matter of minutes!

........and then my son and I started painting.......Since some of the other bloggers in this challenge have posted their..." sans makeup, good hair, sweatshirt wearing working poster" pics I followed suit with these photos of Skip and myself taken by my son. It gives us all "street cred" ...less anyone thinks we have elves executing all these projects! Although an elf or two would have been nice...the garage floor was chilly!

in terms of an update on the bulletin board project from last week....the very large IKEA canvas went from this....

to this.......

Very simply and inexpensively done! We found faux alligator hide and duck taped it tightly around the back of the existing canvas from IKEA and then added the grommet detail evenly around the edges with a hammer. I added the silver grommets because I liked the contemporary feel of the silver with the traditional leather-esq fabric. The grommets also secure the fabric in place so they do double duty.

 The whole project took about 20 minutes!

Next week I will share more about the cool lighting we have been designing and building and start to reveal some of the accessory choices for the space.....

lit

unlit

We are getting closer to the big reveal of our room in Week 6 (only 3 weeks to go)

In the meantime if you want to see what my blogging buddies are up to as they work on their spaces please visit.....

Suzy at Saved By Suzy (girls room)

Jadyn at Dutch.British.Love ( dining room)

Nicole at Nicole Scott Designs (master bedroom)

Kim at Kim Macumber Interiors (living room

Jennifer at The Pink Pagoda (girls room)

Lisa at Trapped in North Jersey (dining room)

Kelly at Refreshed Designs (office)

Danylle at Nana Moon Shop (girls room)

Taylor at Taylor Morgan ( waiting to see)

Jen at Inside Ways (office

Linda at My Crafty Home Life (dining room)

Janet at House Four (dining room)

Sharon at (a life style thing) (master bedroom)

Tiffany at Living Savvy (master bedroom)

They should each have a button on their blog that will link to their posts. If you are interested in following my project from the beginning please click on Week One and then Week Two. Or if you are ready to see more click on Week Four.