I’m really proud of it.
It’s pretty fun though.I’ve wanted to make something like this for a few years actually, but I always thought it might turn out to be silly-looking.
But it’s actually so cute!.I just picked up a package of these red color coding labels and stuck two together over a piece of white thread to create each “polka dot”.. I’m so glad I invested the 10 minutes one evening to actually try this idea out.It makes me so happy!.
I thought I was all done in the Staples store and I was ready to leave when I came across the yard sticks.Or rather, I guess in Canada technically they’d be metre sticks..
I don’t know what it is about yard sticks, but I just think they’re really neat-looking.
Anyway, we went out to the garage and cut two of them into different lengths like this:.I actually kept the inner dividers for the tray disassembled so that I could sort of speed through those parts too.
One little tip that I love is to use inexpensive non-stick baking sheets to stain on instead of newspapers or cardboard.Keep them only for painting and staining obviously!
🙂 This really does help keep your stained and painted pieces from getting stuck down, like they sometimes do on newspapers and they really help keep the whole work area super tidy!.Next I stained the lower shelf, the legs, and the skirting..