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Saturday, September 20th, 2008
The Best Grand-diddie!

So, I thought I would show off what Sam's soon to be Grand-diddie (a.k.a. Bob) has been working on since we found out we were pregnant. He has been working fast and very hard on a couple of projects for us!
The first project was to take out our hall closet that was pretty useless and to make a set of built in cabinets. We have a 2 bedroom house with limited storage space, so we had a couple of things that needed to be addressed for this space -
#1. The cat was NOT going to be using his litter box in our room or in Sam's room, so we needed to find a new place for him to poop.
#2. We had a huge flat file that took up half of the room that is going to be Sam's and we needed a new place to keep all of our artwork that is not framed.
#3. The kitchen was just not cutting it as the bill paying and storing area, so we needed some space to keep and pay bills.
#4. On top of everything else, we needed to store linens, the vacuum cleaner, and tools.
Sounds impossible right?
Not when Sir Bob is on the job!!

Nice, huh?!
Here is a detail of the desk area -

And the new flat file -

And - the best!! The cat pooping station. Very classy, huh?!

Now, it would not be complete unless that pooping station was smell free -so what did Bob come up with? A fan that vents outside of the house! it doesn't stink at all.


Now, I said a couple of projects - so it didn't just stop there. He also took on making a dresser/changing table and crib. We were very excited, but really had no idea how AWESOME this was going to be. All I have to say is - Sam is a very lucky boy!
So far, the dresser/changing table is done. Diddie/Bob is working on the crib, which is just fine because we need some space for my parents to stay when Sam gets here. For now, Sam will be sleeping in a cradle in our room. So, here are some pics of the GORGEOUS dresser!
This is when they brought it down and he started to put it all together. Notice the backing - very nice, huh!? All of the wood is from the Appalachians and the backing is Kirei (made from recycled sourgum - please refer to Bob for all technical questions!)

The drawers aren't just normal either - the backing is made of Kirei and the bottom is painted red.
Oh - all materials and sealers, etc are non-toxic. Basically he made this so Sam could eat it and it still would not hurt him!

The finished product!

And a detail of the sides. I mean, could this be cooler?!


Thanks Dad/Grand-diddie/Bob! We love you!