Yesterday's project was making a rustic wood box centerpiece for my table. I use these pieces of wood from an old fence to make the box. If you have a saw, you can whip out this box in no time. Here's the wood I used. Don't mind my MESSY garage.
I simply cut two boards the same length ( I did 29" since that was the longest I could go before the color changed). Next you need to cut the bottom piece. That piece was 29" MINUS the width of two boards. All I did was cut it 29" and then place two pieces of wood side by side on top and drew a pencil line for my new length and the chopped it. Last you need your side boards. Well that's easy too - It's the width of your bottom board (or the width of all of the strips if they are equal. One of my fence pieces was a little wider than the other two). I used 1 1/2 inch finishing nails to put the pieces together and that was it. I did use some clamps to hold the pieces in place while hammering. You could do it without clamps or just have someone hold the wood in place for you.
Here's the finished product. The candles are from Dollar Tree - WIN! and I got the greenery from Joann's. It took 5 bunches FYI. They were all 50% off so I got them for $16. Sadly the table runner I bought was waaaaay too long so I'm off to Joann's to buy some burlap and make one of my own :)
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