A few weeks ago, I shared my latest

with The Home Depot is building a BBQ Grill Cart just in time for Fathers Day. Join me this Saturday June 20, 2015 at The Home Depot Denver Store # 1532, in Denver, Colorado from 10:00 am - 11:30am. I'm sharing how to build your own Grill Cart. Today, I'm sharing my customized BBQ Grill cart, that my husband and I built for our patio. I'm so in love with how our BBQ Grill Cart turned out.

Using the initial design plan, I re-worked the BBQ Cart to for our needs. We built the BBQ Cart using a Kreg Jig to build the frame, the Kreg Jig creates pocket holes which allow for all screws to be hidden and creates extra strong joints. For our cart, we attached two wheels in the front and cut the back legs at a 15 degree angle to enhance the design or the cart. The bottom half of the grill cart was built using framing studs, 1x2, 1x3 and 1x4 boards.

To attach the bottom slats on the cart, I used our Ryobi nail gun, and placed an extra piece of scrap wood between each slat to use as a space. Using the scrap wood as a spacer, cuts down on the measuring time.

After the the top and bottom slats on the cart were attached, I filled the nail holes with wood filler then sanded the entire frame using a Ryobi orbital sander to create a nice smooth surface.

The

lower potion of the BBQ Cart is painted Intellectual

Grey, by Behr Paint, using exterior satin paint.

We wanted to using a dark grey,that would compliment the exterior colors of our house. I think we found the perfect color, its such a pretty deep rich grey. On the side of the grill cart, we attached an extra long drawer pull to hold towels, and tools.

For the top of the BBQ Grill Cart, we decided to use Cherry Wood, which is such a pretty piece of wood and looks even better when stained. Top top was stained with one coat of Jacobean using a lint free cloth. A wood spice rack is the perfect addition on top of the cart to help hold BBQ Sauces, Spices and fresh herbs.

I layered a wood cutting board on top of the BBQ Cart, for cutting and assembling food, having a removable working surface allows for easier clean-ups.

The bottom shelf of the BBQ cart is perfect for holding misc cooking gear along with candles, utensils and drinks. I'm a huge fan of using trays indoors and out to help corral items. On our cart, the clear tray is used to hold drinks, skewers, lemon squeezer and thermometer.

Our BBQ Grill cart, we built is bar far one of my favorite DIY building projects to date, I love how our cart turned out and how versatile it is doubling as extra cooking space and a full bar cart when needed. We bought a small grill cart cover to use to cover it with when not in use, which already came in handy we received lots of Summer rain last week.

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A few days ago, I shared my plans to begin working on roman shades for Avery's twin windows in his bedroom. I love the look of pattern roman shades especially in kids rooms, its such a fun way to add color and pattern in a room. However it can be pricey having custom roman shades made. My plan was to buy existing roman shades and customize them myself with fabric. Over the weekend my friend and I began working on Avery's roman shades! I seriously have such amazing friends and loved having her help with this project and the execution it really made it so much fun & easier bouncing ideas off each other! We finished the first roman shade complete and it looks so cute & custom.

I underestimated the amount of fabric I would need for both roman shades due to the exterior boning the roman shades have I purchased. I ordered more fabric and hopefully

it will arrive soon and we can finish the other shade.

I'm super excited to show you all the shade that is done and fully functional. But, first here's what the the roman shade looked like when we started. Basic white roman shades I purchased on sale from JCP.

Here's the same roman shade now, customized with a graphic fabric. The new roman shade looks amazing and so colorful, but not in your face more like 'ahh that's really cute.' It really brightens up his room! The top portion of the roman shade will be covered with a valance hiding the cord and head-rail, once the other roman shade is done.

I'll share a complete 'How To' with lots of pictures of the process and a budget breakdown once we finish the other roman shade. I'm so happy I decided to customize his roman shades for his bedroom!

What do you think so far? Have you made a roman shade before or customized one?