5 Must Have Tools for DIY Furniture Building

5 Must Have Tools for DIY Furniture Building

Two posts in one week.  Things are getting crazy around here. I think I have three for next week.  Whoa.  I should probably pace myself.

Today I'd like to share with you our top 5 favorite tools for DIY furniture building.  I mentioned on Monday that we'll soon be building a coffee table.  (By the way, thanks for your input on this.  We're still deciding but you all gave us lots to think about!)  This coffee table will join some of our other DIY furniture like our farmhouse dining table and card catalog.  (Check out all of our furniture builds here!)

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Top 5: Favorite Kitchen Items

Top 5: Favorite Kitchen Items

Happy Monday!  Did everyone have a fabulous weekend?  It was freezing here but the sun was shining so we counted that as a mini-win.  Nate and I celebrated the sun by going out for pizza and sleeping a lot.  Makes sense, no?  Ike got in some sun bathing on the rug but was disappointed in the lack of walk.  Little dude doesn't understand below zero temperatures.

We don't have a lot on the project front lately but I have a weirdly strong desire to blog this week. I thought I'd start a mini-series sharing our Top 5 Favorites in various life categories.  (If the past is any indication of the future, this will be the only post of this sort that you'll see because I'll lose interest.  Michelle = attention span of gerbil.  Sorry to all offended gerbils.)

Today I'd like to share Nate and I's top 5 favorite kitchen items.  These are tried and true items that we use often.  A few of them were things that I wasn't even sure we actually needed but now I'm not sure we could live without them.  (You know, first world couldn't live without.)

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