carpenters are the best

so john has been building like crazy! as i'm typing, he is out in the garage making me a neat bowl to put in the middle of our dining room table. he's great! he also made our living room table...which i love! we usually have more than just our guest book from the wedding and our honeymoon album on the table, but i cleaned it a little before the picture.

 

this is from a different angle...i love the knot in the wood! 

he also made us a bench for the foot of our bed. we've been talking about it, and it would just be so wonderful to have some place to sit and put boots on, or get dressed, or whatever. it's wonderful! 

 

isn't it perfect!? i'm obsessed. 

he also found some amazing old boxes...one held whiskey bottles in a liquor store a long time ago, and another was a box that held keys behind a desk. we've been looking in all sorts of antique stores when we're out, and we've finally got them filled! we've found different tins, boxes, and items from long ago. we also have our two favorite pyrex lids in one. john's grandfather's fishing lures are in one, and some lures that his great grandfather hand made. it's so cool to look at everything.

 

here are the pyrex lids!!

these are both hanging in our living room (in case you can't see the reflections of the ducks in the square box), and they look just pefect!