Alright guys, I'm finally updating you on all the goings on of last weekend.
Surprisingly they ended up leaking into this week and this weekend, but one thing is definitely done and checked off our list- and that's our new Coffee Table!!
You see my genius roommate Katie decided we needed a coffee table because we spend 75% of our time on the couch. And it's a lot easier to share snacks, eat dinner and generally be messier when the table is closer to us. And while the table that BYU provided us is really great, it doesn't encourage general laziness. ;)
But we're college students, so of course, the general preference isn't to buy something, especially if you might end up having to get rid of it 6 months from now because you're moving out and have no place to put it.
So Katie works as a Custodian (it's one with super awesome hours- 8-12! Not any of those crazy early morning shifts!) and of course, as part of that job she has to change the paper towel rolls in the bathrooms every day. Now she started with just bringing home a half filled roll, because she has to change them anyway, and instead of throwing out the roll we get free paper towels! AWESOME!
But then she was like "Lets make something with the paper towel rolls!" And I was totally confused at first, like seriously? Who is she kidding?
But then. a brilliant idea was born, and soon after we produced this amazing brain child:
(This is the finished project. I wasn't gonna wait til the end to show you!)
And voila! A coffee table!
Now, thanks to Zeus and two months of being camera-less, we decided nothing was quite as beautiful as documenting the entire process with photos, so I grace you to (maybe not the worlds best photos, but that's ok.) the story of our table.
It started out with these paper towel tubes...
A large box, and Katie's super awesome cutting/drawing skills...
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| So serious! |
Ain't she a pretty lady! Haha she's super awesome!
So we cut a box in an oval shape, and then glued the layers together for added stability.
Textbooks are necessary for these sorts of projects...
See the layers?
And of course... we may have done a little goofing around too.
Next was the spray painting... we picked a lovely blue :D
And then I decided that we should sponge the paint a little bit to add some texture.
I think it sorta failed...but...it's still cool :D
So then we took the duct-tape wrapped paper towel tubes, glued them together, mounted them on square pieces of cardboard and then added it to the top!
(Note: we placed little stones in the paper towel tubes to add stability. We thought of everything! :D)
I also like taking pictures of my feet. I apologize for the randomness.
We originally hot glued the legs to the table, but every time we moved it the glue make little cracking noises. So after we duct taped the edges for extra gold awesomeness, we super glued the legs on again, with a whole bunch more glue too...and some extra duct tape for good measure...
...and voila! We have an awesome little coffee table! It's the best thing ever!
Hahah, so there's one of our adventures... Up next is Apple Butter, Apple Pie and Apple Cider Donuts. :D
Oh, and then I'll post pictures of our newly decorated apartment! Decorated for Christmas I mean... We got a little christmas tree and everything!
Oh geez. I feel extremely domesticated. I need to go to something more interesting. Darn cooking and little house projects. You're just way too much fun! :D
Live. Laugh. Photograph.
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