Girl with the Pink Toolbelt

 Happy Sunday!  I've had it in my mind for awhile now that I wanted to build a bench for the foot of my bed.  Mainly, because every time Janie jumps off the bed, I feel her joints getting damaged.  My bed is abnormally high- I have to lift myself up to get on it myself.  So every time she jumps off, I cringe, knowing it's a long way down for her little legs.  My thoughts were if I could build something half the height of the bed, she'd take "steps" down, alleviating some of the force when she lands.   I went searching for inspiration on Pinterest and found this.   I knew right off the bat that I didn't want tufted.  But I liked the simple base of this bench.  I also knew I could make if for far less than $312.  I could actually make THREE of them for less than $312.  Boom.   Last weekend I headed to the store to get the wood- ended up needing ten eight foot 2 X 2's.  Then I picked up gold spray paint....

If you've been a frequent reader of GWTPTB for any amount of time, you know my obsession with Ikea curtains.  You also know my obsession of taking a curtain and using it in a not-so-curtain-y way.  So this post is a twofer.  You're welcome.   First we'll start with the hunter green curtains I purchased last year for the living and dining room.  One thing about Ikea curtains is they come in this super weird length.  Most curtains are 84".  I believe Ikea picks 98" for theirs.  Which is totally fine with me- extra fabric at the end of a project to use on something else!  One of the major life changes I was planning on making last year was moving.  Out of my house, out of the state of Indiana.  With that being said, I decided when I purchased these curtains to not hem them because I didn't know my future houses window height.  So why hem them to fit this house and then not be able to use them potentially in my new future hous...