Throwback Thursday - Ana White Shelf

It's Throwback Thursday and I want to bring back a little family project we did back in 2012.
I found the most wonderful shelf unit on Ana White's site - Build a Rustic X Console.
Ana has a plethora of the most marvelous plans for all kinds of furniture and they are simple to follow  - so my son says.  My granddaughter's needed a shelf unit in their room for their TV, books, DVD's - all the things girls collect.  They fell in love with this one the same as I did.  So we proceeded to build it.






I am not a power tool user or a furniture builder so T set in to build this one.

We could have left it natural but the girls wanted it to have a beachy time worn look to it.

I first painted it with a coat of grey ( my own mix of black and white until I got the shade I wanted) chalk paint and then a coat of my DIY chalk paint made from Valspar's Anthem White.  After letting it dry I proceeded to sand the edges to let the grey show through and in some places the bare wood.  I love the distressed look but do not usually use it personally.  This piece was my first attempt to do it and honestly I probably could have taken it a bit further but was a little intimidated to do so.  So I distressed it lightly.  

Here is the finished project before it was whisked away to the girls house.  They loved it and I was very satisfied with my first attempt at our building and distressing.  A true family project that turned out quite nice.

Have you ever done a family project - built a piece from scratch or how was your first distressing job?  I love to hear from you so tell me about it in the comments below.  I answer all comments with email.

Until next time - enjoy making something you love.

Hugs,

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