Lake Michigan Delivery

Last weekend Doug and I rented a U-Haul Truck and took the furniture I have been building up to the Lake House.  The house isn't quite finished but we were able to put the beds together - the carpet installers were finishing as we arrived :)  The table and Adirondack chairs were left on the enclosed porch so the floors could be finished this week.  Barb and Stu plan to bring the rest of the furniture up next weekend.  The house is beautiful and I can't wait to share pictures of my furniture when it's all done!!

 

But, for now here are some iPhone pictures for a sneak peak of what I have been up to this last month in the garage.

 

 

 

The huge and very heavy dining table - it is 48" wide by 90" long!

 

 

 

 

 

 Two of the chairs I made - Barb and Stu will paint them.  I made two more that I will paint and take up in August.

 

 

 I was glad I go the 14' truck.  We had some other furniture and mattresses to take up too!

 

 

 

The beds all set up in their rooms!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

I will post pictures once Barb has the beds made with their pretty comforters!!!

 

Thanks for stopping by.

Platform Beds and Headboards

 

My sister and brother-in-law are building a house near Lake Michigan!  It is scheduled to be ready soon so I have been busy making some furniture for her.  Beds are top on the priority list because a place to sleep is a good thing :)

 

This past winter I made a headboard for one of my bedrooms to practice:

 

 

 

 

 

I like they way it turned out and here it is in the bedroom:

 

 

 

 

 

 

So, for the cottage we wanted platform beds high enough off the floor to put a suitcase under the bed!

So with a little inspiration from Ana White and Pottery Barn Mason Headboard I got to work.  I made the same style platform for both beds and changed up the headboards just a bit!  As for the cost - I spent way less on everything than the cost of one headboard at Pottery Barn :)
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My sister bought bright quilts for the beds so we did a white wash in the open slatted bed and stained the other.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The third bedroom is going to have twin beds so we painted some old headboards and a bookcase a bright color to go with the navy and orange quilts!!

 

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by!