D.I.Y.

Today I took on my very first do-it-yourself project! My parents got this awesome chest for me as a housewarming gift this past May. They got it from this old person that lived by my grandpa who didn't want it because I guess their house flooded or something and it got some water damage. So my parents got it and were going to sand it and stain it and give it to me as a housewarming gift (how nice, right?!).

Well a couple months passed and my sister moved in with them and used it to store her shoes. Now that sister is moving again and took her shoes out of it so my mom texted me the other day and was like "you can come pick up your chest anytime, Sarah's shoes are out of it!". So I said "is it all fixed up for me?!" and she got an attitude and said no but figured I could do it now that I'm not working. SUPER! "Here's a housewarming gift, daughter, but you have to fix it yourself."

So I convinced myself to get excited about it because I don't have anything else to do! I went out and bought all the stuff for it today and then my dad dropped it off on his way to work. He brought me a sander (THANK GOD!) and some sandpaper. I'm so thankful for the sander because it would have taken me even longer to do it by hand! Even with the sander, I was out there for like 3 and a half hours. Anyways, I took pictures along the way, of course and wanted to share them...even though I know like no one reads my blog. WHATEVS!

This is what it looked like when I got it...front and back.

Sanding...it wasn't very hard at all, just time consuming because I had to make sure everything was even. And it's not the lightest piece of furniture so I had kind of a hard time moving it around.

Final product! Well, for today. It's all sanded down and soft! I'm going to stain it tomorrow. I have to go back to Home Depot and buy some turpentine to rub on it before I put the stain on. I'm pretty excited about it. I'm going to feel so proud when it's totally done...not that I don't feel proud now, but when it's in the house and someone asks about it, I'll get to say I DID IT ALL! Woot!

Now I'm like super dooper pooped and yoga is in an hour. Blah! This is the first time I'm not really looking forward to it. I think mostly because I'm pretty worn out AND because I'm going again tomorrow morning for my cousin's birthday! Gah! Happy Birthday Alicia!