Start by picking some zucchini from your garden or by picking some up at the farmer’s market.

It’s become kind of a community-use barn around here.So we made our plan, gathered our barn wood, and then we got to building!

We had to get this whole project completed in less than a weekend and I would say that, for the most part, a project like this would be considered a pretty reasonable thing to aim to accomplish in a weekend.We built some extra trays, which might be pushing it a bit time-wise for the beginner DIYer, and I would suggest leaving the wood staining part for a separate weekend if it’s not something that you do often, because you want to do a really good job of finishing your work of art.Overall though, definitely a great project that makes a big impact visually and functionally, with a pretty simple process.. Here’s what we did!.

We started out by putting together a basic frame with four roof-support legs and some two-by-fours.We made the whole thing 36 inches tall (standard counter height), and about 5 feet wide.

The counter top is about 22 inches deep, which is a bit less than a standard kitchen counter.

I really had no reason for that other than the fact that it felt right.I’ve tried, but it always ends up being kind of a big mess and not looking quite right..

This is the bed in question.You can kind of see the sad and saggy cream colored bed skirt in this picture, although I tried to keep it out.. Now, one route is of course to make your own and figure it out that way, but I found a store-bought skirt that I loved and I was determined to make it work!

It ended up being fairly easy once I figured out my plan of attack.Here’s how you do it if you ever find yourself in a similar predicament:.