A lot of you know that Jordan and I are now living in his apartment he had before the wedding. It's not so bad and so good. The one thing it lacks is storage for all our STUFF combined!

After the wedding Jordan and I went out to Ikea to spend a little wedding money (Thank you everyone!) ; and ohhh..man that place is so cool and a bit overwhelming. I think we had the best time going through the children section!

One thing we were looking for was some cabinets for our kitchen/dinning room to add extra storage. And that is exactly what we left with. Also to point out the cool oak woodblock counter top!

This is the unit that "we" (Jordan) took 2 days to build. *Its missing a drawer in this picture on the left side

As most of my family knows I can't ever just have something the way it is. I always have to add a little to it.

So I thought of a modern design that I think looks good for the face of the drawers and got some fabric to line the inside of the shelves.

This is how it started....

1. I got a wall paper to cover the front that could be painted on.

2. I cut out stencils from poster board and drew the pattern on the wall paper.

3. I mixed all the colors for the pattern then Jordan and I painted in all the shapes, starting with the lightest color. *Tip: It is always easier to cover over lighter colors with darker colors; if there are mistakes to hide. (if the other way around you with be having to put layer upon layer with the lighter color) start with being loose the lighter colors and then be more tight and precise with darker colors.

I do have to give most of the credit to Jordan. I am my father's daughter and I am great for starting projects, but not so good at finishing them in a timely manner; right mom? So as I sat on the couch watching TV or playing Wii fit; Jordan was on the couch painting. He really pulled it out at the end!

It did come out a bit more bold than expected, but we love it!