DIY Simple Window Coffee Table

Courtney Carmean — Tue, 04 Feb 2014 11:00:36 +0000

These days I am operating my project list based partly on what I happen to have lying around. Which is a lot. I mean, garage full a lot. I have actually been doing pretty well in pairing down the volume. At least I think so….the hubby who is determined to eventually be able to park at least one of the cars in the garage may not think so.

One of the piles of “stuff” I have in the garage is a pile of old windows. I actually LOVE my pile of old windows and get a little sad when one of them gets turned into a project and leaves. Weird I know. But I love my old windows! I’ve been turning them into memo boards, adding vinyl sayings to them, and now it was time to turn one into a piece of furniture. Enter my DIY Simple Window Coffee Table…..

It all started with this chippy 6 pane window. It was a perfect window for this project because the wood was still in good sturdy condition and it had all pieces of glass intact.

Have you ever purchased wood legs from the hardware store? They are expensive right? I mean, the legs I needed for this project would of been almost $10 each. So that’s $40 right there in table legs. So then I got to thinking, “Is there a cheaper alternative?”. I wandered over to the spindle aisle and found some for under $2 each. Much better. I needed to cut a little off the tops and bottoms, but for the price it was worth it! I stained the spindles with a dark wood stain and then painted them with some off white paint I had on hand.

After the legs were stained and painted, I ruffed them up a bit with some sandpaper. Then they were attached using two L brackets on each leg. Pretty simple right?

I pretty much left the window alone; let rough edges be rough and let chippy paint be chippy. Cuz that’s how I roll.

Didn’t the spindles turn out awesome? Not bad for $2 huh? Totally the look I wanted too!

Pretty simple right? But oh so cute! Sad part is it looks so super cute in my living room….but alas it must go to my booth and find a new home! Hopefully someone will love it as much as I do!

So what do you think of my of DIY Simple Window Coffee Table???

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Window Ornament Holder

Courtney Carmean — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 14:00:00 +0000

Every time we move to a new home I have to re-evaluate my decor. Some decor items just don’t fit in every home we live in. Some homes have more wall space than others and some homes have more square footage than others. So I constantly have an “extra decor” box in my garage. They are things that I want to keep but just don’t have room for, but I may at the next house. Ah the military life!

When we moved into this home I ended up weeding out this old wooden window frame. I wasn’t LOVING it anymore so it didn’t make the cut!

While unloading my Christmas decorations I realized that I didn’t have as much as I thought I did! Not wanting to go out and spend a ton of money on decorations this time of year, I started shopping my garage. When I spotted the window I knew that it was getting a holiday makeover!!! I stripped off the ivy and hooks and starting painting.

I went to my go to color….RED! All the walls in our home are white and because it’s a brand new home that we will have to turn back over in a couple years, we are too afraid to paint! So I am a little more willing to add some color! Before the paint got too dry I took painters tape and removed patches of the paint here and there.

As you can see, next I added some white hooks to each slat. I quickly realized a couple of the slats were loose and as I added the hooks they became completely detached. So out came the good ole Gorilla Glue and clamps!

Then all I had to was pop it on top of the mantle and put the ornaments on.

I got all of the ornaments at Michael’s on sale!

I really like the combination of the distressed window and the shinny, sparkly ornaments!

And there is a shot of my whole mantle. I will be adding a couple more elements to it before too long, but I have to say I am VERY happy with how my window ornament holder turned out!!!

Linking up to these great link parties and these too:

antique window – A Diamond in the Stuff

DIY Simple Window Coffee Table

Window Ornament Holder