My first build!

Andrew and I are finally getting around to finishing the basement how we want it.  It's only taken almost 3 years. :)  The bigger area of the basement will be our living room and the smaller area is going to be our office.

I have wanted to buy a 2 person desk for a while, to save space.  Andrew wasn't a fan of that idea for a long time.  Thankfully, he came to his senses and agreed that a 2 person desk wouldn't be too bad. :)  I found one from ikea that was around $65.  It would've been great!  I added it to the cart and began to check out only to discover that it would've cost over $300 to ship!  Are you kidding me?!  Who actually buys online from them?!

Andrew found this diy desk and I suddenly got in the build it myself mood.  I took shop in jr. high and maybe in 9th grade, but that was SO long ago I can't remember. ;)  It was my favorite class.  I loved to build things out of wood.  My Grandpa Miller is a carpenter and very talented at building things...perhaps my love for wood working came from him. :)  Anyway...Andrew entrusted the whole building process to me.  We went to Lowe's and bought the lumber we needed, paint, and the coolest tool, the Kreg Jig.

It took a while, and some oopsies happened.  Andrew is really smart and came up with some clever ways to correct my inability to actually listen to what he says. ;)  [I've learned from this that he really is almost always right....almost]  I put the last coat of polyurethane on Sunday and we moved it into the basement yesterday.  It looks great!  We are both so happy with the way it turned out.  We are going to build a small cpu cart to hold both of our cpu's.  Then we have plans to build the rest of the furniture in our house! :)  I'm not joking....

Here is my [our] first build!  Andrew helped me a lot and was a great support, so I can't take all of the credit. :)