the shuffleboard bar!

last summer, when blakey was on a less time consuming rotation, he had one of his BIG ideas - to build a bar on the side of a shuffleboard table. 

he has BIG ideas often.  & usually the come & go.  so i always go with them for a little bit, until he starts thinking about the next idea. 

but this one stuck.  he researched how to do it, what tools he needed, where to find an inexpensive shuffleboard table...  so off we went to atlanta to buy a shuffleboard table.  {by the way, if any of you haven't heard the story of this trip, please ask next time you see me.  it is hilarious.  & i am glad blakey & i are still happily married :)}

{blakey screwing the legs back on,

since we had to take them off for it to fit in our car}

{sawing, yes, on my kitchen table}

{those would be tanky tongue prints on the right}

{my husband is so manly}

 {this is the base on which the shuffleboard sits on top.

it needed to be higher to be at bar height}

 {the super awesome OU coozies & bottle opener

that go on the sides of the bar}

 {shuffleboard time!}

our board is set up to play one of two ways: the first is with little itty bitty pucks and using the triangle & the 7, 8, 9, & 10 points scoring.  the second {& the way we always play} is with the normal sized pucks & the 1, 2, 3 points scoring.  that's the o'connell's way, so it's the porters' way.

 

 {i kicked blakey's butt the first time we played with the little pucks.

which is probably why we always play with the big pucks now :) }

{ta da! our shuffleboard bar!}

many many fun nights at the shuffleboard bar.  four people can play at a time & four more can sit at the bar & cheer on the competitors.  on the window side, there are shelves that blakey built that hold all of our bar needs.  handy & fun.  

well done, husband.  a great idea :)

love love,

kjp.