So Much Better With Age.
We’ve made this type of counter before and sometimes we’ll uses a few nails from the nail gun to hold everything thing in place too.A little bit of wood filler helped to smooth everything out and then we were ready to finish it!.
We did just a little bit of distressing around the corners to make sure things still looked a bit rustic and farmhousy and then I finished it exactly the same way as.our floors upstairs.I used the same stain and even the same floor finish for a top coat!
I really like that this counter is nice and durable now and really stands up to constant daily use.. One of the things that I insisted on was that the brackets to hold the counter up be really big and chunky and act as a design element in the room.I didn’t want the whole thing to look flimsy and temporary and be yet another eyesore.
I can take no credit for what Chris came up with, but I really love these brackets!.
So simple, but so eye-catching all lined up like that, right?How amazing would that be?.
And fairy gardens!.Oh, and did I mention that Amy photographed the whole thing herself?
She’s got some serious talent with a camera, that girl.. Getting to check this book out was kind of extra-special to me, not just because it’s written by a friend of mine…...but also because she worked with the same publisher that I’m working with on my book, Page Street Publishing.