Repurposed Furniture

I have a thing for side tables with metal frames. I like the industrial-chic look and the juxtaposition of the warm wood and the metal. Also the streamlined design helps make any small space appear larger which is just what I need for our multi-purpose living room!

Crate and Barrel Atacama Side Table

Crate and Barrel Frame Side Table

West Elm Framed Side Table

Unfortunately, I can't seem to find this style of side table in any of the furniture stores here. So I decided to reuse our old IKEA Lack side table to create a similar look.

We unscrewed the legs of the table, and handed the top surface to a metal shop for them to build the metal frame. I drew a quick sketch of how I wanted the metal portion to look, I hope they're able to create it exactly as I envisioned. I thought the job would take at least a week so you can imagine my excitment when they told us it would be ready by tomorrow! If this little project is a success I'm going to have them build a similar frame for a dining table.

Here are cute pictures of my two men taking the table apart. Noah looks so serious in the first pic and I got a good chuckle out of the second photo where he's bossing his Poppa around.

Check back in a few days to see how our family project turns out!

UPDATE: If you want to see the final result click here.

Changes in our Home

You know the days of sophisticated adult living is over when your bathroom looks like this:

And your fridge looks like this:

A few hours after I took the above photo I found Noah doing this. Apparently he likes the letters better on the floor =)

Noah's Photo of the Week No. 1

Since birth I've been taking week-by-week photos of Noah and sending them to my family so they can too enjoy Noah and witness his developments despite the thousands of miles that set us apart. I thought I would make it a practice to share my favorite photo(s) of each week that passes.

This week's top photo was taken by my by two men basking in silliness during their bonding session. They took a series of pictures of themselves and they were all so hysterical I couldn't narrow it to just one pic, so here are six of them.