i was never the one to write up a song for just anyone i
i was always the one to find myself lost in more conversations all
cause i've always been told that things weren't if you keep on waiting but
the sofa so comfortable so far living in my new apartment has been so lovely like
i literally can't get enough of the light and the additional space and the random wildlife settings
that i've had like it is just so special hello little ones this time there are five
and it's interesting because i still have barely anything in terms of furniture and decor up in
here and when i was planning to move here i was really worried about not having everything set
up and even the idea of having my mattress on the floor was really anxiety provoking to me
but somehow as time's gone on i'm really unbothered by it you just kind of settle
back into a new normal and you kind of make do with what you have i mean i will change the whole
bed on the floor situation i have a diy in mind for that too um but that will just take a little
bit of time because i have some other things that i want to do first and i've kind of just decided
that i'll take things at my own pace because that is when i am the most creative and i think that's
why i like decorating my whole space i've said in other videos like it takes me so much time
just because i'm constantly trying to think of different things that just don't exist
um so that takes time for me i don't know i can't do it any faster so in terms of diy
projects i think i just want to do whatever i feel like whatever's going to make me happy
or sometimes there are things that are missing but that are really bothering me
and i'll want to tackle that first so speaking of that one thing that actually is bothering me
is my lack of bedside table so this is the current situation um and like it's okay for right now just
to have things on the ground but what i kind of noticed is like day by day it just gets more and
more messy and then every time i want a vacuum i have to move everything up and then like i have
some dust that lands on the bed it's just a little bit annoying so i figure i would tackle that today
and some other things that i have on my mind in terms of projects so i ordered these two tables
off of amazon and they were really affordable in the exact style that i wanted just they didn't
have the embellishments or the actual color that i wanted so i thought this would be the perfect diy
i think they were only 100 for two of them so for being the style that i wanted i felt like
that was a steal and then just with some minor upgrades they could be perfect for what i want so
let's see what they look like in real life though
what is this
i had never seen little things like this but these actually like lock the screws
in place i don't know i'm clearly not a furniture maker but very cool
okay so they're actually like a really nice design they have handles that are here but i
didn't install them because of the thing i'm gonna do next um but yeah i really like the
design it's just the color just doesn't look very good but that's okay i really
didn't care what it looked like in terms of the finish because i want to refinish it so my plan
is to upgrade this whole piece and change the whole look the first thing i'm going to do
is a little cut out on the drawer front and to do that i'm going to take my ruler and
i'm going to mark off two centimeters all the way around then i'm going to do a pilot hole
in theory with a drill that i haven't touched in forever because it was my dad's old drill
actually i've never used that drill so we'll see how it works
so i wanted to show you that when you're doing the pilot holes you should do the pilot hole on
the good side of the drawer face going through to the back okay because when you do it that way
um this is the front of the drawer face and this is what it looks like so super clean hole but this
is what the back looks like so if you were to do it from the back it would look horrible on
the front and like have all this rip up which is bad however it is the opposite for when you're
doing the jigsaw so do your pilot hole from the good side to the back then flip it over
so the back side is where you're going with the jigsaw because i did a little quick
test cut and this is what it would look like on the top like going from this side down just this
cut right here do you see that it's like very very rough but on the other side it is super
smooth like this cut right here so just wanted to share that with you i didn't know that so yeah
so i'm all done cutting this out and it went okay i'd say i wasn't sure if the edges just
because of the like wood chip product this is made out of is like a little bit jagged
i wasn't sure what it was gonna be like it cut pretty straight but it definitely has
like little indents and stuff so i'm thinking i'm gonna would fill it and that should fix it i hope
so
so i'm just going ahead and i'm giving the rest of the bedside table
a little sand just with some 120 grit sandpaper and that's just to make sure
that the paint is going to adhere really well i'm just doing a really light sanding
so to do the actual color i want to do this black and i got this little sample
from home depot and it is mark k sample in semi-gloss and it's just in the color black
so it's the deep bass one saying it's so sweet interior and exterior i mean let's see how it goes
i'm going to use a little paint roller to put it on
it's black if i ever did see it i'm not going to use the most skill i do have this thing i'm
not going to pour it in here i'm just gonna do it like just the way that i feel like doing it okay
and this is how the second coat is going on it is just like so high coverage and it pretty
much is looking perfect after the second coat okay so we're just gonna wait for that to dry
and it's perfect timing because something very exciting is happening let me show you
it's here i'm so excited to finally have a couch our sofa is here it's arrived i am so excited
oh and a little update on the crooked blinds we broke them so now there is no blind in that window
so this sofa is by article and they gifted it to me and i could not be more thankful because
i am obsessed with it it is so stunning it's so beautiful article sells really high quality
products that are built to last they're stunning in design but they're also at a reasonable price
ready ready ready one two three comes with a cushion it does an article just makes it so easy
to have a space that feels beautiful honestly this couch is just i can already tell it's a
statement and it's going to transform the whole living room just with that single item in terms of
buying items from article you can shop online and their shipping has contactless
delivery which is just amazing plus their in-stock items deliver really really fast
articles ships almost anywhere in the u.s and canada for a flat fee of 49.
or with free shipping on orders over at 999 dollars this sofa here is the abisco quartz
sofa and i love it so much it is the sofa of my dreams but i digress anyway
so back to my diy i think the paint should now be dry so back at it let me go grab my woven raffia
so when i came from toronto all i could bring was what would fit an suv and one of the things
that i was really happy that i could fit was my small collection of woven raffia and cane
webbing i'm thinking for this one i'm going to use this chunkier woven raffia more like
a square weave which i think will go really nice with the angled lines of the table itself
now as a precautionary measure i'm just adding a little layer of mod podge on the outside areas
of the raffia and that is just to make sure that it won't unweave itself as i cut it closer to the
exact measurements okay so while i'm waiting for that to dry i want to talk you through the next
part because it's a loose idea right now so i want to be able to add like a doorknob to the center of
the drawer front and obviously to be able to do that i'm going to need the drawer front to be hard
and to have a backing as opposed to just the raffia cloth um previously when i've done cutouts
i've just left it as raffia cloth this time i have to fill it back in so i was thinking of using a
piece of plywood but i want something that's going to be easy to cut and relatively small
so when i was at the dollar store i picked up this this is basically like plywood essentially
but thin plywood it has a little edge on it on the back so i'm gonna have to pry this
off and then i was thinking i would cut this to size and use this for the backing
and maybe staple that on i don't know let's give it a go
good morning so it is now actually day three of working on the set of bedside
tables now let me tell you i thought it was only going to take me a day to do incorrect
but that's okay because i swear we're almost done it's gonna be done today now i went to home depot
and i picked up two different knobs that i thought might look good this is one of them
and this is the other one but here's the thing i swear they're too big you see this i feel like
that would be so big and clunky like that's the one that's black and this is the one that's brass
and i just don't like the look of either of them so i was thinking
in my supply of diys that i brought from toronto i have this big dowel why i brought my supply of
dowels like we'll never know but i did and i was thinking maybe i could cut a little piece off of
this with the jigsaw because i don't have my miter saw here and i could like attach that on
as like a little center one either like this way or this way i don't know i'm gonna give
it a go though because i think that could look really nice and neutral and minimal
and just like be the perfect little statement while still acting as a knob
my little dowel
i'm filling in any of those little rough edges using some wood fill
and then i'm going to sand that all smooth as well i'm now just marking off the center of
the dowel and i'm going to drill a hole using a drill bit that is going to be the size of an
8 32 screw because those are the screws that i got for the other knobs
after that i'm just grabbing some painters tape putting that on the front and marking
off where the center point is of the entire face of the drawer and then i am also adding
some painters tape on the back and this is just to ensure a smooth cut
now i'm just taking an 8 32 screw that is half an
inch and i'm screwing it into the hole of the dowel knob until it's super secure
now time to fix this
typical i can't not do this to myself
so
here's a little look for you
i did a little staging magic but look at this it's so nice i love it and not that hard to diy
and low-key i just put some stuff out for saving this obviously not how it's gonna stay
this is fabric i bought to reupholster a chair this is an outdoor cushion this is the print from
fly but yeah just to give you a little vibe check here you go i am truthfully so pleased with how
these bedside tables turn out they are exactly the style that i want to go for in here it is
a bit of a shift from my previous style and you'll see it all come together as i diy more things
because right now it's a bit of a mishmash but i'm just loving it so much so thank you so much
for joining me on this journey so far i'm loving homemade happy it is a joy to make these episodes
i have so many things planned including making a dining table reupholstering chairs
redoing floors statement walls all that type of stuff i'm just currently just brainstorming things
and getting supplies and stuff like that so i hope that you'll keep joining me along for the journey
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