Handy Home-RENTERS: Adirondack Chair Project

Now that we know we are staying in Michigan- life gets a lot easier AND a lot more fun! Instead of packing our bags to move half way across the country, we are packing up our belongings to move 30 minutes. Instead of cramming our lives into a 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom apartment- we will be moving into a house... with a yard, and a garage, and SPACE.

Glorious!

While our first official home together was in Grenada- that was a bit of a unique situation where we had limited supplies and mostly created make-shift decorations and things to get us by- so really, as far as getting down with our DIY wild sides, it doesn't exactly count. Don't be mistaken- we got SUPER creative and the majority of our house WAS as "Do It Yourself" as you could get- but this time around we are going to be able to make the house much more "homey" and OURS- even if it is just a rental!

SO here begins our HomeRENTERS adventures- where I will document all the projects, mishaps, and fun that goes into our adorable East-Side Michigan rental home :) Someday, we will finally be homeOWNERS, but until then there is no doubt we will be able to keep ourselves busy renter-style!

We have a house that we will most likely be renting but need to dot our "I's" and cross our "T's" before anything becomes official. We are so excited  (and to be honest, Nick has been stir crazy with so much time on his hands and maybe   totally, driving me nuts) so we I, had to find him a project. Nick loves "man things and projects" as he calls them, so we researched a few things and decided on Anirondack chairs. Ya know, those cool, wood, chairs that can be painted pretty colors?!

This project took several days, which was great for filling time, but also was a lot of fun! Nick hit the hardware store and bought all the supplies and a few new toys that he "needed" and then the next couple of days were filled with sawing, sanding, measuring, gluing, and drilling. We had SO much fun. Nick's incredibly handy and for a girl, I consider myself a very helpful and handy side-kick so the project overall went very smoothly and the chairs turned out AWESOME!

We still need to stain or paint them but we haven't really decided on a color or theme yet and at this point may wait until we get settled into our new place to do that since there will be more room for them to dry outside or in a garage- rather than pulling them into our current living room and possibly killing us all with the paint fumes!

YAY powertools!!!!!!

Putting together the base of the chairs and the back :)

ALL DONE!!! Still need to be painted or stained and we are going to round out the top a bit in some way, but mostly COMPLETED! And sooooooo comfy!

Relaxing after a job well done!