Hooked...

Yep, my sweet husband has caught the carpentry bug.  We were out in the garage the other day, and he started looking at the scrap pile that we have left from the bunk beds (as you can imagine, it's pretty big).  He decided he was going to build some chairs (from the scraps) to go with an end table that we picked up at IKEA for $7.99.  So, he fiddled around with some plans - one of the perks of being married to an engineer - and started cutting.

The kids were asleep, so we couldn't really do any "measuring" (of the behind variety) until the next morning.  The two chairs turned out to be just right for Beefy and Baby sister, but too small for Buggy. What else could he do but go back to the scrap pile and build a Buggy-sized bench.

Now we call it our "baby bistro set".  It is super cute!  Still needs one more coat of paint, but otherwise it is ready to be taken to the boys room and played with!

The best part - the total cost was $0. (Or you can count the $7.99 of the table that they will be sitting under, if you want to get picky.) They are made entirely out of scraps that we had, and leftover screws and paint.  It makes me happy.

(In case you are interested, we figured it out, and it would be less than $20 for supplies if you were wanting to build your own.)