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| Follow the link to find a workshop near you! |
A few weeks ago I came across a great post on Facebook for Home
Depot and their “Free Do-it-Herself” Workshop! I love the idea of Home Depot
having a workshop for the ladies! I have been painting rooms and helping my
brother redo kitchens and bathrooms in one way or another for years. I have
always felt comfortable with your basic power tools and I love the challenge of
learning more when it comes to building and creating things.
What does
surprise me, is how many women out there do not feel comfortable with power
tools or household projects. When talking to a friend about changing out a
light fixture she said “I’m not comfortable with something like that” or when
looking at my latest creation DIY Planter Box “How do you even make something
like that?”
Earlier in the year I was able
to interview Kayleen McCabe from the DIY’s Network show Rescue Renovation and
she sparked a new interest in wood working for me. Giving me the encouragement
to tackle the use of power tools with a whole new minds set! If she could do
it, so could I. Home Depot is now giving women the opportunity to do a project
and be hands on with power tools to make and create something they otherwise
might not have felt they were capable of doing.
I was not able to make it to the
workshop that week but I did take the image of their project and make my own
that weekend. As you know I have been working with a good stock pile of Pallet
wood, so I pulled out some pieces and made my very own Grilling Caddy. My
husband and I do quite a bit of grilling, as soon as I saw this Caddy, I knew I
needed it in my life!
Using scrap wood, I played with the size I needed and the angle of the cuts. Eventually I managed to get everything cut down to size. I used my grilling tools to figure how long and wide I needed my caddy to be.
After sanding and staining everything I was able to put it all together. I even used my wood burning tool and stencil to customize it just a little bit :)
Because when we get together to burn some meat, we like to call it - Grilling and Chilling time!
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| Using Pallet Wood gave it that texture that I love!! |
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| I couldn't leave off the handy dandy Bottle Opener! |
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| The Grilling Caddy! |
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| Also known as The Chilling Caddy!! |
Here is the rough draft of the cuts that you need. I am still playing with the layout of building plans - I promise they will get better with time :)
