Shutter plant bench

Earlier in the week I made this cute shutter shelf. No sooner than I got it made, I thought to myself  “gee, this would look great with legs.”  But it was too late. I would have had to put the legs on before I attached the two pieces together.

I had these bi-folding doors in the shed. NO, I did not paint them, that is the way I found them. I cut them on the table saw. I had to use the same piece from each one.

 

I had some porch spindles in the shed also. I decided to cut out part of the top of the leg, thinking it might make it a little more sturdy.  I cut the first one, then used it to draw a pattern on the other 3 pieces.

 

I used a jigsaw to cut these notches.

 

I used screws to attach the legs on the top.  I used my nail gun to shoot some nails in the front of the leg.

 

 

I then turned it upside down and attached the other shutter to make a back for my new bench.

 

The legs ended up being long enough for me to cut the little square “feet” off.

 

I like it a lot better with the feet cut off.

 

Isn’t it cute!  That paint job is perfect for this. I can’t imagine me having these doors in my house though.

 

You may notice I used the other two pieces leftover from my crib parts table.

 

Here it is sitting in my front yard. I currently have no potted plants/flowers. I’m hoping to get some for mother’s day.

 

I didn’t paint anything on this bench. I may not even seal it. If it gets weathered, all the better.

 

The brace on the right is a little chewed up. It got away from me on the compound miter saw. The saw blade chewed it up, and spit it out! It threw it so far in the garage it took me a minute or so to even locate it. I’ve never had a piece of wood get away from me on the miter saw before. I’m assuming it has something to do with it not sitting flush on the saw due to it’s round shape.   I sanded it, and decided to use it anyway.  It will be a reminder to respect power tools!

 

 

 

This is how it looks in the back.

 

Too cute, huh? 

Look what Dawn said in her comment about the “chippy shutter shelf”

Dawn said...

Oh what a cool piece! When the shelf is on the bottom, it makes me want to see it with table legs on it, as an entry table, decorative potting bench, or smaller sofa table. So cute! Oh, and when the shelf is on top, it looks like an adorable wall shelf to hang - anywhere!
Wow, love pieces with such variable use applications, too much fun!

Little did she know that I had already made this!

If you follow me on facebook or twitter, you know I got in a fight on Wednesday.  This is the culprit:

awww look at louie hanging out in the background!

I was stomping on the dead parts of this limb, breaking off the branches.  I rolled it over to get some leverage, stomped as hard as I could. It rolled back and smacked me right up side the head!  Rattled my brains, and caused and instant headache.

 

Do you see how fortunate I was? This limb has been hanging for almost 2 years (since Ike blew through here). It was dangling directly over 3 lines. Power, cable and telephone.  When it fell, it shook the house. BUT, it didn’t take down any of the lines.  So, it’s a good news bad news story.  ;)

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