Wooden Beer Flights - DIY

I just love blind beer tastings!  I always loved the beer tasting flights at micro-breweries and wanted to have a set at home.  I love filling them with 5 different beers, and having people vote on which beer is their favorite.  Sometimes your pick will surprise you!  Making these beer flights were fairly simple: 

• I bought some 1x4's (wood of your choice - I used white wood). 
• I laid out the cups to determine how close together I wanted them to be and then I used a 2" hole saw bit to drill the holes for the cups.  The total length of my beer flight is 18.5" long, which includes the handle.
• I purchased these cups, they were the perfect tasting size. 
• I drew the type of handle I wanted and used a jigsaw to cut it, and then sanded it plenty to fix all of my imperfections. 
• Lastly I drilled 4 smaller holes to fit equally sized dowels.  In this way the beer flight would stand up, which just made it look cooler and less chance of any of the glasses being knocked over.  I placed felt pads at the bottom of the dowels so they would have a softer landing when set down. 

All that is left is to pick the perfect stain.  I have also considered using a woodburner to place our initial at the end.  Lots of creativity you can use here! 

 

Enjoy and Cheers!

 

DIY Fabric Headboard

Our guest bedroom was in major need of an update.  First up: new headboard.  With so many different options of headboards we just couldn't decide.  I finally decided to give a Fabric Headboard a try.  I made a basic wooden frame, filled it in with batting, and then covered it in fabric.  Easy, cheap and made a dramatic change! 

 

 

The guest bedroom before:

 

The construction.  I placed plain yellow fabric in the back to hold the batting in.  I layered the batting using spray adhesive for each layer.  Then I stapled the fabric to the frame (trimmed any excess).  Flipped it over, and did it the same with the decorative fabric to cover the front.

 

Final product!  It looks so good and is very comfortable! 

Oversized Wooden Ruler Growthchart - DIY

As my daughter's first birthday neared I knew I needed something to start tracking her height.  I wanted a growth chart that would fit in with the decor of our home, and would be sturdy enough to be used over and over again as our family grows.  I loved the look of the oversized rulers.  They are such a timeless but still modern look.  It turns out it was not very difficult to make at all, it just requires precision on the measurements.  The supplies required for the oversized ruler growthchart are:

• 1 - 1x12 board (6 foot long)
• Stain of choice
• Permanent marker
• Stencils (to do the numbers, unless you have very pretty handwriting)

That's it!  In total this project took about 3 hours to make.  I started the measurements at the 6 inches mark so the total height of the ruler is 6 1/2 feet tall.  I hung it using a regular picture hanging wire on the back, and ensured that it was hung 6 inches off of the ground.  It looks great in our home, and will provide years of special memories!

 

 

Wide Plank Farmhouse Table - DIY

My husband has had the same dining room table since college.  When we were married it, naturally, was adopted into our eclectic home of furniture.  That was 5 years ago.  Needless to say, we were ready for an upgrade.  Since we love building furniture together, what better upgrade than a personally custom built table?  It ended up being much easier to build than we originally thought!  I have attached a few pictures of the build design as well as the final product.  We are very happy with how it turned out!
 

 

 

 

We started with the frame.  Getting the corners square was very important to ensure the rest of the table remained square.

 

Then we added in 2x2 support braces, about 10" apart.

 

We used 2x8 boards on the top.  Sanded it and stained it with Minwax Special Walnut.  We also buffed it with a Minwax Paste Finishing Wax to give it a nice semi-glossy look.

 

 
 I'm excited to eat lots of big family meals at this table!