Wooden Drawer Hamper

The domino effect is hurting my building schedule, but so is the fact that I glued and nailed in the longer pieces of 1x2s instead of the shorter ones I had cut by mistake, causing me to schedule disassembling this project, rather than finishing it today:

At least the photo above gives an idea of how our hamper will cover the un-tiled section of wall and nearly triple our hamper space. It bothers me to fall behind in my own plans, but a day's delay due to a power glitch a few weeks ago, has had an effect on every project I've done since.

But, I did get something done today, and that's the Pirate Cove Trunk I built based on JoanneS' Pirate Treasure Trunk Plans. I'll post updates on our drawer hamper by Tuesday, but hopefully sooner!

Pirate's Cove Trunk

Ahoy, me hearties! We be putting ar bath t' ship-shape, known the one sea over as th' waterfall caverrrn, or "th' cave. First mate JoanneS posted this here beauty o' a Treasure Trunk, arr on the ship o' cap'n Ana White. Imaginin' how fun 'twould be t' have a mini pirate's treasure chest of me own, for t' purpose o' havin' a yo ho ho, I'm callin' mine a Pirate's Cove Trunk. Scope yer goggles on how First Mate JoanneS finished 'er trunk three ways. A weather'd trunk, as if wash'd ashore, one bone-shaded and leathered, dainty for a Lady, and, yo, ho, a dark stained pair: for double the booty!

In honor of Thursday, International Talk Like a Pirate Day, her is my $7 mini trunk for our bathroom cove:

Herringbone Bathroom Bins

I've been thinking about storage bins on our floating bathroom shelves for many moons nows. I wanted our storage bins to have textural interest like our pebble backsplash, trim tile, and mirror and lo and behold, I came across Ashley of naptimediy.com's gorgeous herringbone storage box tutorial using shims. The herringbone pattern that I love + texture from the angled shims = Win! :)

The best news? They were a simple 10 steps to make from start to finish!