Home Improvements: Part I.

The Carey house (my Ruston home) has had a bit of a facelift.
We got new windows.
They're so pretty.
I love my new windows.

Since we replaced the old windows with new ones,
that left me with about 40 old window panes.
Praise the Lord for Pinterest because people actually bought those nasty things!

Don't get me wrong, I did my fair share of upscyling too!

TA DA!!!! 

Isn't it beautiful?!?!

I think so too...but I'm biased.

This lovely table was conceived in the mind of my dear friend Melanie Scott, 

(she made one similar to this for her home as well),

and it was physically realized by the hard work of my dear ole Dad. 

So I can't take too much credit for this bad boy,

but I'll take a little because I did paint and caulk it.

This thing is incredibly easy to make! 

1. Find an old window.

Find it on the internet, antique shop, internet, steal if from your neighbors walls while they're on vacation, etc. 

2. Sand away all the chipping and yucky paint. 

I used a power sander that took that gross stuff right off!!

3. Decide which side you want to be the underside,

then caulk around the glass panes, so they won't risk falling out someday. 

It doesn't have to be exceptionally neat because it's the underside of a table, 

and who looks under there. 

4. Get some pre-made table legs at Home Depot or Lowe's. 

The ones I got had screws already in the top so you just have to screw them in! 

5. Get a little doodad like this one...

(I don't know what you would call it, my dad did all the heavy lifting)

...slap that puppy on there with a couple of screws.

6. Screw the legs into the little doodad.

7. Stand it up and admire you're handy work!

I painted mine an off-white and went over it with sandpaper a few times to give that aged feeling!