Life is full of choices, take your shoes off or clean my floors!!

That's right!  Today was the day that April and I made our shoe bench, thanks to Ana White.  We decided after much deliberation to make the the "Entry way bench/shelf system.  This time we just made the bench and plan to do the shelf when Dave Ramsey approves.  While making the bench, April and I decided that we were a couple that is able to do DIY projects together, which made us very excited.  Something else that made me VERY excited was being able to use my tools, in particular my air compressor and nailer.  Here are some of the pictures of today's event.

Intimidating or what?

Step 1: The base

It's starting to look like a bench

Safety first!

Oh yeah!

You may call me Bob Vila

Not to shabby if I may say so myself.

All in all it was a very fun day and April and I learned a lot.  First, we learned to communicate more clearly and succinctly.  If you are married you may relate to this comment.  Second, measure twice, cut once.  Third, tools are fun especially when you can use your nailer and then air up your tires with the same air compressor (love it). And fourth, March definitely feels like summer in Texas.  This was a really fun project and took us a little while to do it.  We still need to fill the holes, stain it, and buy the shoe baskets and then we will be able to move it into the house.