My favorite house project so far!

my wasted space – there’s a vent to the right wall, and with the window and fireplace, we are limited what could go there.

My homeless scrapbooks (almost always have been homeless…no shelf is deep enough for them)

My plan – I want a book case for my birthday – I want to build it (with help) and learn to use powertools, and I want it deep enough for scrapbooks, and hold other stuff, and while we’re at it, how about a seat for that room (since everyone wants to sit in the room with no seating!)
And it begins…it’s strong (one of my other criteria)

After two weeks, it is finished! (well, pillows and a valence will come later!)

We had a few bumps, so it’s not perfect (fortunately you can’t tell from the picture) and the finishing touches aren’t essential to its function, so it’s in place with my scrapbooks and cushion! yea!

Now I need – someone to sit on it…

 check!

and some cute baskets for the upper shelves…maybe I'll get baskets for ME for Easter :)
…and from now on, I think I'll leave the measuring and the power tools to Rob!  except for the nail gun…that one’s kind of fun :)
(and I’d probably change a few things for a more professional look…but you can’t tell in the picture and someone’s probably going to pee on it in the next month anyways so who needs professional?!) :) haha