Dustin's Woodshop

02/09/2026

I decided to setup a quick paintbooth and paint the front of the drawers... 2 coats later and bam, installed and ready to go!

This part of the build is a wrap... Wonder what we come up with next to add to it???

02/08/2026

A few more pics, now that it's slowly coming together! Plus he wanted to show everyone his fun drawer that his fan sits on to hit him justttt right in the face in bed!! 🤣 🤣 🤣

02/08/2026

Alright, it's time for an update!! We have been pretty busy the last couple of weeks, and today, we officially installed the night stand, bookcase and dresser. We still have a few more coats of paint to put on the drawer fronts, but once those are done we will install them along with the handles.

I'm super proud of how far this kiddo has come during this build, he's already taking measurements for the next part of the build and trying to come up with a design!!

What do you think? Last photos are where we left off today.

01/17/2026

It's been a little while since I posted an update, sorry about that! Life hit us with a few unforeseen circumstances, but we powered through them.

We paused on the nightstand/bookcase so we could focus our attention on his hugeee dresser, plus this way we can paint and finish both at the same time. We officially have all the drawers dovetailed and glued, and finished building the drawer fronts today. We still have a bit more before we can start staining and painting, but we are getting closer!

I'm really enjoying the quality time Kaleb and I are spending together, along with teaching him as we go!

12/28/2025

Soooo today we decided we'd continue the buildout. We debated how we wanting to do the drawers, quickly with pocket holes, or make it a nicer piece of furniture and do dovetails... We decided on dovetails.

Kaleb is gaining more confidence and self control with power tools, including for the first time today, he used the miter saw after figuring out the measurement needed, marking it himself and then cutting them. I'm really proud of this boy today, and thought we'd share the update and photos with you all!

12/24/2025

Andddd drum roll please.... The color he picked is... Navy blue!!

We were able to get 2 nice coats of paint on it today, and then we got a wild hair and decided if we were careful, we'd go ahead and install it tonight.

Of course dad forgot to install the gold handles after we put the entire bed together, butttt that's okay. He learned how to not only put the bed together, but also apart and back together again!

We are both really happy with how this turned out, wait until you see step 2 of this one! I'm going to guess there's at least 5, maybe 6 more steps before we can say we are done done.

I loved building this with Kaleb, it tested his skills, dad's patient at times but letting him struggle some to figure it out is all part of the process. Let us know what you think!

OH and Kaleb's favorite part... All the extra room he now has when the bed is put away for activities he says!! 🤣 🤣 🤣

12/23/2025

Wowsers... Day 2 is a wrap. We managed to get everything built and ready to be installed. There's a slight chance we install tomorrow, we will see how things go.

We had so much fun together today, messed up a couple times but we worked together to find solutions. He's really starting to understand measure twice, cut once! 🤣

12/22/2025

Day one is officially in the books! Kaleb has been asking me to help him build a new murphy bed for his bedroom, as he's getting a little too big/tall for his loft bed.

We spent a few months designing and deciding if we wanted to do the hardware ourselves or purchase a kit(we went with a create a bed kit) , and after putting it off, this week is officially the start!

I'm pretty excited to build this together, as he's now old enough to really start teaching him more about proper techniques, shop and tool safety, and more!

09/02/2025

09/02/2025

Custom Built island to complete the kitchen build, or at least until the wife (who am I kidding, I mean me) comes up with something else!!

09/02/2025

Decided it was time to replace the mailbox at home. After some research online and putting together my own design, below is what I came up with!

Time for the next build, I wonder what we will come up with this go around?? Please like and follow Dustin's Woodshop, and give this a share if you could!!