A built-in bench? Nah, just a regular bench!

Matt has this amazing ability to build things exactly how I pictured it in my head. I will just explain some crazy idea to him and he'll buy all the necessary items and cut and measure it exactly. He's basically a genius. Any way, this project was no exception to Matt's geniusness. I wanted a built in bench for our table. It was going to be so cool, a huge bench built into the wall. But Matt didn't like the idea of scooting to get out of the bench every time you have to get up. So we just decided to build a free standing bench. 

Here's the boy toy doing all the work while I take pictures. 

While working on the bench we had a creeper watching us. She likes to just sit and peek in the window while we work. And she usually has a real big creeper look on her face.

 Typical Matt pose. 

 Here's the bench before the stain and paint. 

 Here's the bench after all the stain and paint!

   And here's the bench with the table. 

It's not as cool as a built in bench (maybe in my next house), but it's still pretty amazing! Matt did such a good job!