spool-ed!

so nick and i talk several times on the phone every day while we're at work. here was a conversation we had last week (to the best of my pregnant memory):


nick: so, would you ever want a spool?


erica: like one of those giant ones the electricians at your work use???


[we'd obviously had this conversation before... or i spend a lot of time at construction sites]


nick: yeah, i asked them what they do with them when they're done, and they just throw them out. they said i could take a few if i wanted.


erica: uhhhh... yeah! what size?


nick: they're pretty varied. i can bring home a few and anything you don't like we can get rid of.


see? i have a COOL husband! so yesterday i was driving home from work, again on the phone with nick... 'cuz that's how we roll. and he said he had a surprise for me...

oh how i love him!!!


sorry, i pretty much only take photos on my phone now. 


but really! cool, huh? here's our plan: take it down six inches (so it's more level w/ the couch), stain it, weather/sand it to make it look a little more vintage-ish, do some light stenciling, wrap some rope around it.


and ta da! i'm SO excited! :) i promise, if you're not already as excited as i am, you will be!


(side note: since there's a two inch hole in the middle, nick's going to put in a little console that will be flush with the wood. you'll be able to raise it up and it will be wired with an outlet or two. ummmm... cool! i like that guy!)