My handy husband...

I'm going to interrupt the regular postings of pictures of Elizabeth for something that I've been meaning to do for forever. Remember this post? Well, I'm finally getting around to posting pictures of the finished product (for now). I LOVE how well this turned out and I can't wait for Alan to start on the drawers for the inside, as well as the top part that will hide our TV when it's not in use.

Drawers will go on the bottom two shelves.

Detail of the top

Leg detailing (ignore the painters tape... Alan is repainting our living room for the 3rd time since we've been in the house...

door

Close up of the door

whole thing!

On a completely unrelated note, we've been buying water in the 2.5 gallon containers at HEB. Well, we started to add up the cost of that over the course of a month and realized we were spending WAY too much on water. So we decided to buy a water filter that filters water straight from the tap. Of course, as soon as we put the filter on the faucet, it started to leak. Why does it always seem like once you buy something to save some money, you always have to spend more to get to the savings part? We were on our last gallon of water last night (I drink about a gallon a day...), so instead of waiting having Alan wait until this weekend to buy a new faucet, we went out and bought one last night. Luckily, I have an extremely handy husband, because it took him less than 30 minutes to get it installed and up and running! Now, at the touch of a button, I can have filtered water to drink! Boy did I hit the jackpot when I married Alan. :)

Installing  our new kitchen faucet!

Sneak Peek

So I know Alan isn't completely done yet, but I just wanted to post a sneak peak of the *almost* complete TV stand. Hopefully the final product will be completed this weekend!

Alan ordered the parts he needed so he could make the drawers!

 Hopefully that won't take too long to get so we can get them built!!

Awesome feet! Alan didn't make them, but I sure love them!

Woodworking!

Alan has been working on a project here and there since New Years, and we're just now getting to the point where it is getting semi-close to being finished! You see, since we've been in this house (which is just over a year... man, where has time gone?), our TV has been on a makeshift TV stand... i.e. one of our end tables. You can see (and/or pull at) all the cords, and with a 2 year old nephew that is occasionally over at our house AND our soon to be arrival, this just wasn't cutting it. 

So, we began the search for the perfect armoire for our TV and stumbled across this beauty at Ethan Allen (my all time favorite furniture store... although we don't buy from there because it's a little way too pricey for our budget).

This was the perfect piece, in my mind, minus the fact that it was 4 or so inches too wide for our little nook. So, my husband, being the awesome carpenter that he is decided that he would make our own armoire, using this one as a model. It will consist of three pieces, the base, the middle section (which is for components), and the actual top part (where the TV will eventually sit). Alan has only started on the base, and that's what we'll use until he has the time to finish the rest. Now, keep in mind that we are still missing the feet (we're ordering those tonight), doors, and an actual color, but that will come probably next weekend, and I'll be sure to post pictures once it is actually done!

Base as of yesterday... The bottom two shelves will consist of 

4 drawers and the top shelf will be open.

Alan screwing the back onto the frame

The completed base (minus doors, feet, and drawers)

Side view

Top view

Detail of the top

Alan is quite the handyman, if I don't say so myself! I'm so lucky to have married such a talented man and I can't wait to see the finished product! This will be something I will treasure forever.