Due to the long weekend we had some extra time on our hands. Cameron and Doug took advantage of this time to make a desk for his room. I had promised him a desk in his room when we moved to Germany, but due to some unexpected expenditures and the IRS
~more on that in a later post~ we haven't had a lot of extra spending money as we had planned. What I did have was 2 old barstools and Pinterest. I would like to take credit for this creative idea but I stole it from someone else. Never the less, it kept Cameron busy for a while and he got his desk.
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| Here is what our old barstools looked like beforehand. They were cheap ones from Walmart that I remember getting a discount due to some minor scratches. I guess the over all theme here is THRIFTY! :) |
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| Cameron choose black for the color of the stools. |
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| Finished painting. |
The picture below is the finished product. Cameron was suppose to take pictures throughout the process but he must of got really involved or left his Dad to do the rest of the work. I think the latter statement is probably what happened. All we had to do was buy a slab of wood for the top of the desk, smaller pieces of wood to make the shelves in the legs of the stools and long wooden screws. I swear Doug has buckets of screws and we didn't have any that were long enough. Isn't that always the case?
Now we need to find a chair or stool, as the desk is taller than a normal desk. And Cameron also stated that he needs his own computer there too. Ha!
