One Board Challenge Bench

It's a great day to share a ton of one board challenge projects!  My buildy friend Jen at House of Wood organized this Build It Blog Hop challenge whereby DIY bloggers take one board and build anything.  No rules except it can only be a 1x8x8 board.

Please be sure to stop by all these awesome DIY bloggers to see exactly how creative everyone can be with one board:

• Katie @ Addicted 2 DIY - rustic X back stool
• Sandra @ Sawdust Girl - three tiered display shelf
• Brittany @ Pretty Handy Girl - plenty of storage cabinet
• Brad @ Fix This Build That - kids bookshelf
• Jenn @ Build-Basic - round mirror frame
• Mindi @ My Love 2 Create - floating nightstand
• Amy @ Her Toolbelt - kids step stool
• Pauline @ My Altered State - indoor planter box
• Bethany @ Sawdust & Embryos - geometric art
• Kim @ The Kim Six Fix - planter box
• Sarah @ The Ugly Duckling House - modern step stool
• Elisha @ Pneumatic Addict - 3 leg end table
• Jessica @ Decor Adventures - plant stand
• Karah @ the space between - wood shelves
• Emily @ Merrypad - modern shelf
• Jen @ The House of Wood - folding lap desk

Below is my one board challenge project including the plans to build your own!

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Mason Jar Tote

I know you all have mason jars looking for a home so today I'm sharing how to build your own diy mason jar tote.  We actually built these totes during the Make & Take class I taught with Jen from House of Wood at the Haven Conference last Friday so I thought I would share the plans with everyone.

Here we are with all the completed totes:

A huge thank you to everyone who attended our class.  You were so enthusiastic and quick too!

This tote is sized for three regular mason jars.  Of course you could fill the mason jars with almost anything and you have a great gift all packaged up!

The step by step plans including materials and cut lists are down below:

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Mail Sorter

Nothing fancy today folks, just a simple mail sorter I built for my neighbor.  I thought I'd share the plans because it's a build with purpose that might be useful to some readers.

My neighbor has three kids so she wanted a mail slot for each one.  The boxes are 12" wide x 7" deep so plenty of space for papers and notes, especially once school starts up again!

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Mailbox Debate Post or Wall

Secretly I really love a big mailbox on a post at the end of the driveway.  Perhaps because thats how I grew up, running to the end of the driveway to see what that big black box would deliver.  However, in our current neighborhood all the mailboxes are right at the house (which I must say makes it so easy especially in bad weather thank you US Postal!) but let me show you the before:

Yes theres the beautiful copper mailbox on a post right by the back door.  As convenient as it may be it was also an eye sore and a problem for a few reasons.

1. The garbage men need access to that gate right behind the mailbox and it was sort of blocking the pathway.

2. The door on the mailbox was ripped and hard to close.

3. Size - its super big.  Were a family of five and never ever did we come close to filling that mailbox.  Granted it is good space for small packages but those can be left just inside the storm door.

So I removed the mailbox cutting down the post and hung a wall mounted version.  Its streamlined now and I can guarantee I wont have any of the garbage men telling me they cut themselves on the ripped metal of the old mailbox.

I placed my diy planter in the corner with a fern and Im loving the new look already.  Im still a little bit sad about not having a mailbox on a post but this back door refresh is working just swell. 

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