Taking measure

I was wandering through the local Cost Plus World Market recently and found these cute decorative items made with wooden rulers:

Wooden ruler frame

Wooden ruler box

Wooden ruler chest

I especially love the little chest but I think the price is outrageous for the size & quality of the item. Maybe they'll go on clearance, right?

They reminded me of this very cool table project featured in the September 2009 Country Living:

I LOVE this! The designer used a small table and simply cut and nailed old yardsticks to the top. What a fun, innovative way to dress up a junk store table, especially if the top was damaged. I have no place to put another little table around here but I still want to make one! Seeing this photo made me wish I hadn't passed up the brightly colored yardsticks that were going cheap from one vendor at the Old Glory fair earlier this June. Rats! I knew I'd regret that.

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In pregnancy news, today I am officially 38 weeks! I can't believe it's almost time. I visited the OB yesterday and according to her there is some 'progress' happening down below. That could be significant, but it also could mean nothing--the uncertainty makes me slightly crazy. It was a good wake-up call for me that maybe we should quit procrastinating and 1) choose a name for this baby and 2) get his room at least started before he decides to show up! He'll be sleeping in the cradle by my bed for the first few months so I'm not feeling the need to get his room all put together in the next two weeks, but it still might be nice to not be tripping over boxes every time I go into his bedroom to change a diaper. Maybe our big goal this holiday weekend will be to get the crib put together!