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.   Once home, I made all of the cuts- sixteen 36" p

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 house?  Well all know how that plan panned