Monday, April 18, 2011

Ammo Case To Bench

This is the first project that my sweet husband has helped me with and I want to thank him publicly. It made the project even more fun to have him helping me. This is an ammo case I got from our local gun & ammo store. The girl that bought my round table set wanted a bench and I told her about the ammo box and she loved the idea. Here it is....
We started sanding and knew that we needed more help so my hubby leaves and brings me back this......pitter patter goes my heart.
He is just the bestest! He really knows what makes me happy....I would rather have power tools any day over flowers.....anywhooo back to the bench... A while later it was looking much better...
After we....well mostly he finished sanding I stained it with some oops black stain from Lowe's....gotta love the oops section for saving some money. Next came lots of sanding to get the desired look, then another rub down with brown stain to warm up the wood that was now peeking through. I then finished it off with a good coat of wood wax. The inside was sanded, stained and waxed.
I almost forgot to mention Joe mad the awesome feet out of 4x4 pine.


I have one more ammo box and I am making a table out of it.......will post as soon as it is done.

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7 comments:

Pat Harris said...

I love this!!! I'm a sucker for boxes of any kind and then to see it made into a bench, wow!! Can't wait to see what you do next. Thanks for visiting junkblossoms. Blessings, Pat

The Clay Trowel said...

Just stopping in to say hi! That turned out AWESOME!!! I love the dark stain and wax. Someday I'll be brave enough to try it.

Amanda said...

Love how this turned out. I'm featuring it tomorrow on Craft Gossip :) http://homeandgarden.craftgossip.com

Recaptured Charm said...

Just FABULOUS !!! I'd LOVE a piece like this. Love the color you chose too. Well done both of you!
Great redo!

Sabrina said...

You did a fabulous job! Love the colors you picked as well.

Unknown said...

Curios what the dimensions are? In my college shop class i was thinking of making something like this. Thankyou

One Life Many Journeys said...

Robert Cardona I no longer have the ammo case as it was a special project for a customer. If my memory serves me right it was around 2ft. by 3.5 or 4ft. I purchased it from a local gun store. God luck and I would love to see pictures if you do the project.