Baby to Potter

I'm so excited to share this project with you I could just BURST!! I have been wanting a potting bench for many years, but had no reason for one since we had too many trees and shade to have a garden. This last February we had an extraordinary amount of love shown for us as 4 men came to our house every day for 5 days while my husband was out of town.

They said they wanted to surprise him by taking out two trees he had asked to borrow a chainsaw to cut down. We'de been wanting to cut these trees down for 5 years running to allow for this much desired vegetable garden that we now have!

         Now that it's done and here, I have been able to rekindle a long time dormant gardening passion. 

During much organization and dejunking, our last baby turned one. I realized I was ready to get rid of a lot of baby things, some of which included a stroller/car seat combo, baby swing, front pack and changing table. As I worked in the garage doing the organizing thing and kept passing and piling things on top of this old changing table that I've changed many a million diapers on...

                        I decided it could really work as a recycle project. So I put it in the back yard. 

Then I saw these old fence posts we've had around here for quite some time and...

thought about these hooks I bought on clearance like a gazillion years ago and always wanted to use, but never could find the perfect place to hang...

and the wheels in my mind were on high speed until I could've burst!

So I got to work and started with the "hutch"...

  I was loving the rustic look it was taking on, but wasn't satisfied because it still looked like...
                                                              a changing table.
                                                                  (whine, mumble, wimper)

                                                                                Then, after much swinging and thinking...

I took a break and waited a day or two and...

Painted

                                Every- last- spindle! {This is why they developed sprayers. In ALL sincerity!!}

It was painful. But worth it. After an hour of errands and kids, I went to town nailing, and hacking, chopping and piecing until I

came up with this:

And I LOVE IT!

 Every.

Last.

 inch.

 Much more than I ever liked it as a changing table.

Happy Gardening!!

XoXo,