For the top itself, we just used one long piece of pine shelving and trimmed it out with some 2×2 pine pieces to make it look chunkier.

Keep them only for painting and staining obviously!🙂 This really does help keep your stained and painted pieces from getting stuck down, like they sometimes do on newspapers and they really help keep the whole work area super tidy!.

Next I stained the lower shelf, the legs, and the skirting..If you were wondering what that floating red object is in the background, it’s the zip line tied up to the deck on the playhouse.We just put it up last year and it goes right across the creek!

It definitely adds to the fun cottagey atmosphere in our back yard!.Anyway, after I was done with all that staining and zip line admiring, I stained some more!

The last thing I did was that beautiful barn wood counter top!.

Rustic perfection!... 9.Steak and Corn on the Cob.

When we do this one we usually have it our first night.I marinate the steaks in Ziplock bags ahead of time and remove most of the outer corn husks, leaving just a thin layer.

Then I soak them in water (even the melting ice in the bottom of the cooler works) and by dinner time, everything’s ready to throw on the grill!.10.Chicken and Veggie Kabobs.