Smart coffee table

I couldn't find any pictures of the before, but here is the outcome from restoring/updating my old ugly coffee table. It used to be all one color, a light brown stain. With the help from the girlfriend, we sanded the whole thing, then I painted the legs white and the stained the top with the leftover stain from the farmhouse table project.

Of course there had to be more to the project than that... I added a power strip, wireless phone charger, and some RGB lights under it. You may ask why does a coffee table need lights. It doesn't. But I recently discovered the blynk IOT app and I was looking for an excuse to control RGB led strip from my phone AND I already had power going to the table. For the power controller I used a nodeMcu that I bought off ebay for 2$ and some mosfets I had laying around. If I were to do it again I would just buy the RGB controller, lot of work for this useless feature(well its cool?)

Final product!

Built in outlet

NodeMcu and mosfet board

LED strip and all wiring

Farmhouse table

Recently finished up a farmhouse table for my girlfriends new apartment. It's made from Douglas fir and pine wood purchased at the local home depot. Wanted to go with a nice hardwood tabletop but that would have doubled the total price.

We used the plans from the following website. But substituted 4 2x10 boards for the tabletop instead of the concrete tabletop. Also shortened the table and bench to only be 5 ft long.
https://theinspiredworkshop.com/x-base-outdoor-concrete-bench/

I believe the stain used was a "Kona" color:
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Varathane-1-qt-Kona-Premium-Fast-Dry-Interior-Wood-Stain-266161/203332251

Table in the new apt

Sanding an staining...

Shed stain and trim

Lots of progress was made this christmas weekend.
- The roof plywood triangle pieces were cut and screwed on.
- Stain/sealer was applied to "most" of the plywood siding
- 1x4 trim was cut, painted, and nailed on the front of the shed
- made a plywood ramp for the entrance

Next step will be to finish staining, more trim work, and make the doors