End Tables for the E - Day Five of the A to Z Challenge

Welcome Back! Today is the day for End Tables for my E. This project could be a bit easier to find materials for, you might even have one in your living room or garage that's just been hanging around waiting for either a new idea or trash day. Well don't throw it out, recreate it!

Today I'll talk about three different ideas for three different kinds of tables. One for your fur babies, one for a seating project and one for the little non furry kids in your life.

Let's start with a lego project table, it might just save you from stepping on these instruments of torture in the middle of the night. Check out this great idea and how to from The Salvaged Boutique.

Now on to an end table from the 70's, My mom still has a couple of these hanging around, and I bet you know someone that does too. Those crazy octogonal tables with the slate or solid wood tops, make a great hideaway spot for your furry friends. The DIY network has a great tutorial on helping your end table do double duty and get a update at the same time.

Who wouldn't want to add this to their living room? Get easy to follow instructions here

And last but not least how about adding some seating without a lot of effort.  After all it's the right height and they are fairly easy to find. You could use the same style  of table that was used for the lego table upgrade, now it's a gossip bench! Always wanted an antique gossip bench well now you can make your own with some instruction from Art is Beauty They used an existing bench but you could just cut it down and add the cushion and there you go!  

And that's it for day 5 of the A to Z Challenge. I'm so glad you're here hopping along with me. Be sure to check out more the great blogs participating this April 1-30. F is our next letter, check back on Friday to see what I'll find..

New Places

I've been trying to become more active, I have a sedentary job and a couple of sedentary hobbies, as well as a sedentary dog..

We started off the year with a First day Hike  walk at Cliffs of the Neuse, I've lived here for 9 years and it is less than 30 minutes away and I had never visited, we've been back a couple of times now and I'm hoping to take full advantage of it as the weather warms up

. My daughter and I braved the bracing cold and took the fuzzy dog for that hike. He's all about walking but we had an issue when we got to the stepping stones across the creek. He was not impressed. It was a bit embarrassing for all of us so I'll just leave that part out..

While the Princess slept in..

I finally got back on track with the walking/Hiking. I had done a lot of it in past years but it got lost in the shuffle of everyday. So in that ideal, The Princess and I have joined a dog walking group recently, it's more fun than it sounds..lol

A local town is working very hard to encourage people to get outside and be more active, in this case they have carved out nice trails, some are even paved, some are wooded and others along existing roads.  This is us with the group in January, before the paving. 

This is the princess after our first  walk..lol

We went a bit further than we had originally expected..she has recovered..lol

We've been to new parks and had a great time meeting new people and dogs. This weekend ironically with the weather being so wonderful for February didn't have a planned walk, (Sorry to all of those who ended up with snow and flooding)  so we ventured to see the newly paved trail near the local hospital and community college.

Nice wide trails

It's really getting green and the weather was in the high 70's, Never fear it will drop off again

Enjoying her Walk, much better than a month ago..

She was so enamored of the little fish in this creek that she would have stayed all day to watch them. There was a little turtle who had ventured out too but we missed getting his picture.

It feels like I should be out planting things but my grandmother always said to be careful of planting until Good Friday. We've started some greens and I'm working away on crafts, but also enjoying these stolen moments of nice weather in the tail end of winter. 

Thanks for stopping by, now get outside and do something fun!