I’m going to start with the “completed thus far” photos since I’m terrible at starting new projects. I *should* be working on the bathroom in our bedroom, instead I’m building new furniture with Ana’s wood plans from Knock Off Wood. See the bottom of this post for a sneak peek. 
The simple coffee table was $5 at a second hand street shop, it was wagon red. I spray painted it white in an hour and put her in the studio. It’s not a perfect piece, as you can see from this next photo it’s slightly warped. You can barely tell though, and for $5 you just can’t go wrong.
The concrete floor has been holding up very well! Last night when I went to sleep my pillow managed to slid over to my nightstand and knock off a soda. It rolled entirely underneath our king size bed, and since I was half asleep I wasn’t cleaning it up! I went back to bed and cleaned it up this morning, I couldn’t do that on the carpet in the rest of the house.
Concrete floor tip: Try not to “drag” things like heavy furniture across the floor. So far we haven’t made any permanent damage, but that can leave scratches you have to buff out. I imagine if the object is sharp enough they will not simply rub away.
My pottery barn knock off desk sneak peek.
One of the bookcases here, there’s 2 and then a counter top with 2 drawers. So far I’m finding that getting a “nice” counter is more difficult than I originally imagined. I tried MDF, and oh boy do I have a long horror story to share about that.
But isn’t this so pretty? Just by itself. I should ditch the counter and just have 2 pretty bookshelves!
And *I* built it. Let’s put it this way, it was the first time I’ve used a drill, or dealt with wood. I’ve learned a lot so far! I’m going to share all my tips for the beginner since I wish someone shoved them in my face so I wouldn’t have wasted so much time.
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