Beauty from the Beast

As many of you know, I’ve jumped feet first into this DIY craze! I must tell you, a midst the pain, heart beak and tears, this journey is turning out to be one of the best times in my life. A few weeks ago I started working on a project that my wife and I have nick named “The Beast”; and rightfully so, this piece weighs a few hundred pounds.

This has been one of the most difficult yet the most rewarding pieces that we’ve built yet.  We saw the designs on The Design Confidential and instantly fell in love with it.  We started out looking for a project that would use some of the existing scrap wood that we have accumulated.  We jumped right into the project without fully reading the instructions. Needless to say, we made multiple trips to Lowe’s, to buy more wood.   It took 3 long weekend’s to complete the building. Now all that remains is agreeing on a color (we’re thinking a honey colored stain). Throughout the process we had some issues with the measurements of the frame and the cuts for the top. We went through about 5 pieces of 2x10s before we got it right. We ended up using the extra 2x10s to build a quick but beautiful bookshelf.  What’s more, we did not use any of our scrap wood, as we planned to (what wasn’t too short, wasn’t wide enough).

One of the thing that I’ve learned from this experience was not to be afraid to take your project to Lowe’s or Home Depot to ask them questions. After 3 broken jig saw blades, I finally went to the experts who recommended I use a hand saw to cut the space out for the 4×4 legs, in addition to the jig saw. All in all, this is an amazing piece of furniture. Hardest part was fitting the top.  Now, not only do I have this beautiful buffet, I also have someplace to place food during movie night with the kids so the dogs wont get in to it.

With the help of TheDesignConfidential.com we saved $1200 on this Big Sur Inspired Buffet . Take a look at the real Crate and Barrel product