The cubby has been painted, the coats hung with care, Hubby did such a great job, thumbs up from Mama Bear.(o;

It’s up, it’s good. The dust has settled and the cubby has been put in place. As you can see…it’s already getting used. All that’s left is to add a little bit of paint. Stay tuned.

Mike hard at work!

Meet my husband, the Sand Man. Now that the boards have been cut and glued, it’s time to sand them to the smooth texture of a baby’s butt. Why…I’m not sure, but that seems to be the plan. My husband has been kickin’ up sawdust in the garage for two days now and SOMEBODY is getting a little impatient. Can you guess who?

“Is it done yet? Is it done yet? Huh? Huh? Huh?”

After the boards were cut, he had to glue them together. I’m learning a lot about this woodworking thing. I always thought you just nail a few boards together and call it done, but apparently when you use “real” wood (vs. plywood), you have to glue smaller pieces together to make one big piece.

Anyway, he’s got two sections glued together so far. I believe he said there were eight. At this rate, something tells me the finished product might not come until the kids leave for college and I don’t need mudroom cubbies anymore.

“OK. I’ll build it.”

“What?”

“Yeah, it’s not that big of a deal.”

“Are you sure?”

“Yeah, no problem.”

Yikes! Now to my husband’s credit, he is moderately handy around the house, but this would probably be the biggest project he’s tackled.
“OK, but I’m going to help.” I figured if this thing was going up, I needed to “supervise.”

“Fine.”

So far we’ve got the design, purchased the wood and are about to get started.

I’ll let you know our progress as the weeks (or months) go by.
Stay tuned…