new couch arm tables

We moved around some stuff over the winter, and my arm table going over the couch and chair arms no longer fits anywhere. But it was so handy! So I had some time a little while ago to cut some scrap into tables over a single arm; here's hoping they are just as useful with the kids and dog jumping all over the place.

Simple glued miter joints instead of kreg screws for a butt.

The trick to finishing these was finding time to well, finish them. The last one saw a lot of wear so I wanted a couple of poly coats, but can't do them when we're running on the treadmill. And tiring out the dog seems to occupy just about every spare moment I have.

What I ended up doing was giving these a quick once over when I was getting the kids ready in the morning. Take their bags to the car, stop to sand the last coat or put a new one one. A week of that and these were ready to go.

So now the dog has something else to be told not to chew on. I love her but she's kind of driving me crazy right now.