Our latest Wood Working Project.
Our latest adorable WW project.
To me it's adorable anyhow. :) it's a charging
station end table, for our family room.
I design it and we made it together. It was so fun.
There were many changes a long the way, thanks
to the ladies that helped me with choosing a paint
to match the rug. I was originally going yo paint the entire
two pieces, however, after the box was done I decided to
leave the bottom stained. Its functional as well as decorative.
i can now charge my IPad while using it, and then wrap
the cord on the back or toss it in the box.
The box holds my mini -IPad, two kindles, and my
exterior battery charger. My regular IPad I use all the time,
so, I didn't need a place to store it.
I have lot's of pics...Hope you enjoy them
Thanks again for all the paint help...and a special thank you to luckiirish, for clueing me in on the craft paint.
The top is craft paint and four coats of butchers wax,,,the bottom is stained ( to match the other furniture) and finished with poly. The bird was whittled by our son, painted to match the piece.
This is the bottom
This is the top. It's trimmed in oak, to match the table
This is another shot of the top
This is the inside of the box...the front is for the mini iPad, kendles, and exterior battery pack...under the flip top is the Chargers.
A peek under the trap door
There is a hole in the back for the strip cord to come out and plug into the wall.
I'll be back with more...stay tuned. :)
Comments (20)
8 years agoThis is it before going into place
This is it in place
Baby in the corner. :)
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The table
Thanks for looking...
This is on the other side of the end table. I was originally going to do a blue charging station, but decided to match the chair. The charging station and this red chair are seperated by the end table.
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