So drywall is almost done! But naturally, this wouldn't be a Welch project without delays, so of course the mudder/taper guy (as I have so lovingly named him) came down with the flu...
...if it ain't one thing, it's another.
Fortunately, he called us today and is on the mend, so he will be back to work mudding and taping tomorrow.
Don't take me the wrong way. I do feel bad when people get sick. I'm not completely heartless...
...Ok, ok, 80/20 is the best I can give you.
Anyways, so drywall is back on track and that light at the end of the tunnel that I mentioned seeing last week, well, I can see it again.
So, in the meantime, I've been on the hunt lately for the perfect piece of wood to make my new kitchen's open shelving. You would think finding a good piece of weathered wood would be easy considering all the cute crafty projects you see plastered all over the Pinterestphere...
...if it ain't one thing, it's another.
Fortunately, he called us today and is on the mend, so he will be back to work mudding and taping tomorrow.
Don't take me the wrong way. I do feel bad when people get sick. I'm not completely heartless...
...Ok, ok, 80/20 is the best I can give you.
Anyways, so drywall is back on track and that light at the end of the tunnel that I mentioned seeing last week, well, I can see it again.
So, in the meantime, I've been on the hunt lately for the perfect piece of wood to make my new kitchen's open shelving. You would think finding a good piece of weathered wood would be easy considering all the cute crafty projects you see plastered all over the Pinterestphere...
...well, its not.
I have found countless weathered barn boards that were either too weathered, or too new, or too small, or too thin, or are perfect, but they have been treated with a thick coating of creosote. As much as I'd love to look past the chemical treatment, I'm sure my family and guests would prefer to NOT be poisoned when dining at our house.
So the hunt continues.
If I could, I would love to call upon you fine folks to please, oh please, keep an eye open for me, and if you see some seriously sexy wood...
...keep it clean people...this is a family blog...minus the occasional sailor mouth and reference to drunkenness...
... please shoot me a message!
...keep it clean people...this is a family blog...minus the occasional sailor mouth and reference to drunkenness...
... please shoot me a message!
Here's what I'm looking for, like, exactly...
Photo totally stolen from http://ourvintagehomelove.blogspot.com
(I love her kitchen)
Anyways, she was totally lucky enough to be given (yes given, as in free) three, big, thick walnut boards that she later turned into these beautifully rustic, but not too rustic, open shelves.
After showing my husband this picture, he advised me that these boards are bridge planks and he then whipped out the iPad and found several listings on Craigslist right out of the gate!
I was stoked and was sure that one of them would be the listing I was looking for that would indeed end up supplying me with the beautiful wood I had been searching for...
...not the case.
One listing only had pictures of the planks that were completely covered in snow, and although I am searching for weathered, I don't actually want the weather to come with them, so that was out.
(plus I'm pretty sure some of that snow was yellow...)
Next up were some planks, that looked PERFECT and the price? $2.50 per foot! Totally worth it considering I need 21 feet of them, so I was thrilled with the idea of only spending $53 for 6 beautiful big open shelves. Unfortunately like most things that seem too good to be true, when I contacted the listing, my dream was shot down like literally every goose that flies near our house between December and whenever goose murdering season is over...
....seriously, there is always a fleet of trucks parked either in our driveway, or in the field on the other side of our driveway.
Excuse me while I reminisce about being able to walk around my house in my robe during the winter months without fearing that a random stranger wearing camo and toting a shotgun will scope me through our living room window pacing around like Bigfoot in the woods...
No Privacy...No privacy at all.
Anyways, the dream that was too good to be true? The perfect planks were in fact coated in creosote. For those of you who don't know, creosote is some kind of chemical treatment that mean, bitter people put on wood to prevent it from becoming my kitchen shelves.
Just sayin'.
Next up, and last up, was a posting that also had perfect looking bridge planks. Weathered, but not too weathered and just light enough in color that they indicated that they did not have a thick coating of the dreaded poison. Score! I called the number and was informed that they were being sold for the low low cost of $150 per plank...
...ummmmm, sorry, wrong number.
I told the guy that unfortunately my budget really couldn't go over $75, so thanks, but no thanks. He did tell me that he would keep me in mind and to call back next week to see if he had any left, which I think was his way of saying,
"...get off my phone line little poor girl so that people with money can get through."
So, unfortunately my quest for the perfect bridge planks that look like the beautiful ones up top, has come to a halt. I did however get my husband to take me abandoned barn hopping and we found this beautifully weathered 2x12 board laying on the floor...
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Clean, weathered, thicker than a regular board, and straight. So far, this will be the top contender for our kitchen shelves. Even if I do magically stumble upon the perfect bridge planks, I'm pretty sure I'm going to still bring this barn board home for another project of some kind...
...maybe a cool wine shelf?
After all, you can never have enough liquor storage.
:)Ashley