31 Days of Etsy Challenge: Week 1 Review

Has it been only been a week? It feels like its been a month with all the work and pressure! I’m starting to feel tapped out >_<

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Anywho, here’s the promised weekly recap on the 31 Days of Etsy Challenge!

Day 1: Modern Minimalist Black Twin Bed

I started the challenge off easy by finishing (finally) the bed I made from this post. I really need to start making bed linens.

Day 2: Modern Minimalist End Table

This was one of the prototypes with the cubes. I just dolled it up to match the bed.

Day 3: Potted Fern Plant with White Base

I included this accessory so I can take a breather from all the furniture making. I’m probably going to include more accessories and decorative items from now on!

Day 4: Translucent Amber Cube Bookcase

Another prototype with the cubes. It is very similar to a swap with the Shopping Sherpa seen here. This is pretty much going to be style of the shelving unit, only except with white cubes and unfinished wood.

Day 5: Translucent Baby Blue Bookcase/Room Divider

This is the ONLY blue piece in my tinting experiments that turned out well. I was going to keep it, but I’m not a big fan of pastels and I was not sure what I’ld be using it for. So bye, bye shelf.

Day 6: IKEA Inspired VIKA Desk

I’m very pleased at how this turned out, though it was rather delicate work (more so than what I’m used to). I had to build a gluing jig to get the legs at a uniform angle. And if you’re wondering, the trestles are made with my sticks (other than using them as floors). More stick furniture and accessories to follow.

Day 7: Modern Minimalist Dining/Kitchen Table

I really LOVE this table. Simple, but cool. I’m thinking of building something similar for the dining area in the Nyne.

Brrrrrrr Its Cold!

I drafted a whole slew of furniture plans to build, but like 95% of them require use of my scroll saw. With the saw being in the garage and the garage being around 30 degrees, I can’t use it for more than 10 minutes before my fingers get all numb. So I had to be a bit more creative in terms of what to build, hence why there will be more stick furniture and stuff coming. At least then, I can just use a cutting mat and an Xacto knife while sitting in front of the fireplace!

Also, Lyssa has been busy mini-ing many cool art pieces for her 31 Days of Etsy.