Wanna Make Some Dominoes Potttery Barn Style?

Hey all!  Thanks for hangin' in here with me.  This past week I only posted twice.  I may be MIA in Blogville, but, I assure you, I'm working hard outside of Blogville.  Today, I thought I'd whip up some DIY Pottery Barn dominoes.  My post title reads Pottery Barn, although, you can't buy them there that I know of.  This is what I'm talkin' about:

You know the one.  You've seen it before.  When I scanned my latest Pottery Barn catalog this week, I knew it was time to spring into action.  This is an easy Sunday afternoon project you can do while your Darling Husband is napping.  (Ha!  You'll never guess when I made mine!  And if your husband naps like mine does, you can make several sets for Christmas gifts while you're at it.)  It takes no more than an hour.

I didn't take "Kim In Action" photos, but this is so straight forward, I'm sure you can follow along.

1.  Purchase or find in your scrap pile a 1" x 2" board.
2.  Cut into 2 3/4" lengths using a table or miter saw.

3.  Using your favorite sanding method, sand all of the sides, including taking down the sharp square edges a bit.  I used my palm sander and held that in my left hand while I maneuvered the blocks with my right hand.

4.  Paint or stain if you would like.  I wanted to give mine a sheer coat of white paint.  My spray paint was running out, so boy is it ever sheer.

5.  Use a paint pen (Go, paint pens!--ya know, I'm going to express that every time, till the novelty wears off) or paint brush and make a midway line.  For the dots, dip the end of a new pencil eraser into your paint, dab off on paper, then press onto block.

So easy!  Line up (okay, I'm such a geek, I lined mine up exactly the way the PB catalog has theirs), stack, scatter, or play with your dominoes.  So, there, PB.

Loverly.  Another no-cost project--gotta {heart} that!


Oh, and what have I been up to?

This.  

(Ben Moore's Spring Sky)

Based on this pallet.

With a little of This on the side.

Coming soon:

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