One Step Further Along

Sunday afternoon after having my son-in-law help me cut a piece of plywood , I proceeded to try to cover it with sheet metal to make a counter top for my workbench island .

The 3 x 8 ft. piece of sheet metal only cost me $18.00 from a supply store. and the plywood was free . It was sitting in my son-in-laws carport .

After spending 2 hours cutting the extra 2 ft. of sheet metal off the end .

Yes it took me two hours ! I did it by hand with metal shears. With a lot of breaks in between . but I was determined to do this .

Then I started to cover the plywood with said piece of sheet metal.

Now I’m sure there is a better way to do this , But I’m flying by the seat of my pants here , and like I said , I was determined to do this.

This picture shows 3 sides bent down using a hammer to do the work.

By the time I got to this point I was getting pretty tired , I started this job about one o-clock and it’s now nearly five . So I called son-in-law over , Thank goodness they live next door ! He helped me proceed from there .

Did I tell you I was determined to get this done ?

Getting there !

Ah here we go ! It took us two more hours , but we did it !

Thank you Ryan !

I want to put some brackets on the side that extends out , It doesn’t really need it but I think it will look better .

Now it’s time to dress it up !

Let’s step back into the 50’s .

The stool I have sitting there now is too short for the counter , so I ordered two wooden stools on line that are painted white with wood tops , they are 30 inches tall and will better fit this bar height island .

I love it !!

See what determination can do !

Because there is a lot of white in my kitchen I’m going to link this with Kathleen’s

White Wednesday .

Be sure to stop by Faded Charm and see all that wonderfull white !

And with Miss Mustard Seed for Furniture Feature Friday.

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