Tray From Salvaged Wood

Just a quick project.

One of my favorite things to do as a kid was jump on the bed.

 We had these old, antique beds that had slats that went under the mattress the old fashioned boxspring that was actually a spring.

I don't know why but my dad hadn't screwed the slats into the bed rails.

When my siblings and I disobeyed the rule and jumped on the bed the slats shifted and the whole bed could collapse.
It made a huge crash on our hardwood floors. 

I had some slats in the garage left over from the settee that we took apart. 

 We aren't using this piece as a settee anymore because it was so dysfunctional but I want to preserve every part of it that I can. 

Bill was going to throw the seat away but I made him take the slats off of it for me. They reminded me of all those old beds we had. 

They weren't great wood but they were older, probably from the 50's when my granddad built his lake house. This piece is very sentimental to me because I slept on this when I was a kid at the lake.

I was tweaking the tablescape in dining room because I thought it looked sloppy. I wanted something instead of my silver tray in the center. 

I thought about a wooden table runner like I had seen on Pinterest but I didn't have any longer boards.

I remembered the slats and thought they would be perfect. 

They were already cut so all I had to do was trim the cross pieces. 

 I screwed the cross pieces into the slats from the back side. None of the screws show. The old knotty holes are from when it was screwed into the settee.  

I debated keeping it natural, but instead chose to paint it with CeCe Caldwell chalk paint.

It was still missing something so I went by the Ace Hardware for some handles.

Is isn't a table runner but it is an adorable tray. 
Loving it,

Katie
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Happy 30th Anniversary

He lived in Lubbock and was going to Texas Tech. 

I was going to NTSU, now UNT.

We met because my brother lived across the hall from him in the dorm. They discovered they were both from Arlington so when they came home for Thanksgiving we all hung out. 

Bill says he fell in love with a photograph of me in my brother's room. 

I was dating someone else so we were just friends 

for about 3 years.

I knew when he called me on Valentine's Day of 1982 that something was up.

I was at home working on this quilt when the phone rang. 

It was a Saturday and I will never forget sitting on the floor with the quilt in my lap talking to him on the phone.

I started to entertain the possibility that we could be more than friends but debated back and forth about it. 

I didn't want to ruin our friendship

but,
 I had a crush on him. 

I headed out to Lubbock in April for my sister's wedding shower.

At some point early on Saturday, Bill asked if I would go to breakfast with him on Sunday before I headed home.

Source:http://www.visitlubbock.org/business/Dining//452

After the shower my sister, Karin, spilled the beans and told me that Bill was going to tell me that he wanted to be more than friends.

 I was completely nervous all the way to the Pancake House the next morning.

I don't think either of us ate a thing.

In the two months since he called me, I had already decided we should try dating. 

We did as soon as he got home in May after his college graduation. 

We were engaged by the end of September and married the next April,

30 years ago today.

I have been completely blessed to be married to my best friend.

It hasn't always been easy, and we have seen some valleys

but
 in the end our friendship, our faith and our love binds us together. 

Happy Anniversary to my Honey,

Katie

Thoughts and Prayers

Unspeakable tragedy this week

in Texas 

and 

in Boston.

 

Praying for all,

Katie 

Home Tour

Welcome to our home!

We live in a typical suburban tract home. 

Our house was built in 1990 and we have been working to remove some builder grade features. 

Come on in. 

This is the entryway.

To the left is the dining room. 

Down the hall to the right is the office/guest room.  

There is a full bath to the left.

The living room is to the right of the entry.

 To the left is my cute updated kitchen.

Beyond the kitchen is the sunroom. 

The laundry is to the left of the kitchen.

Let's head on upstairs.

Our gallery wall of family.  

The master bedroom is to the right.

The master bath pre-bath crash. 

The gameroom to the left. 

We have two bedrooms off of the game room.

Rebekah's room. 

Jonnie's old room. Now it is called the scary doll room. 

The kid's bath.

Finally the back yard. 

There you have it. 

Thanks for stopping in. 

Hopefully, it will give you a better sense of the whole house. 

Sprinkled with a tour,

Katie

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