2015 was a pretty great year for cleaning and organizing around here, so I thought it might be fun to look back on a few of my most popular posts from that category from the last year and maybe gain a little inspiration and a little extra motivation for the year ahead!

Actually, that siding has been used in quite a few projects around here, and also in the homes of a lot of the neighbors.It’s become kind of a community-use barn around here.

So we made our plan, gathered our barn wood, and then we got to building!We had to get this whole project completed in less than a weekend and I would say that, for the most part, a project like this would be considered a pretty reasonable thing to aim to accomplish in a weekend.We built some extra trays, which might be pushing it a bit time-wise for the beginner DIYer, and I would suggest leaving the wood staining part for a separate weekend if it’s not something that you do often, because you want to do a really good job of finishing your work of art.

Overall though, definitely a great project that makes a big impact visually and functionally, with a pretty simple process.. Here’s what we did!.We started out by putting together a basic frame with four roof-support legs and some two-by-fours.

We made the whole thing 36 inches tall (standard counter height), and about 5 feet wide.

The counter top is about 22 inches deep, which is a bit less than a standard kitchen counter.After 8 years of peer pressure from friends and family, we finally realized that, yes, having another member in our family would in fact be pretty amazing.

The fact that we get to do boy things this time around is just icing on the cake!.Needless to say, we’re all thrilled about this new addition.

Well, Kennedy was until she found out it’s a boy because she says boys are gross.. We suggested we might need to get a new girl puppy at some point in the future to even things out in the house and suddenly everything was hunky dory again though!.So that’s the big news!