Seashell Mirror

Unfortunately I had an accident. 

 While carrying  my newly purchased mirror into the house, 

I broke it.😢

 I must mention this wasn't my first attempt at hiding

 the large break. but every time I looked

 in the mirror, all I could see were wrinkles. 😣

I was on Pinterest one evening and saw a gorgeous STUNNING shell mirror, 

 WOW it was only......ELEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS

so......

With eleven bucks,and seven years bad luck,    

 my attempt at recreating the lovely work of art began.  

 

With some dollar store shells added to my own collection, I present to you,

 The New Wrinkle Hiding Beach Loving Looking Glass!!!

 

Not stunning, but not eleven grand either.

It won't be the easiest thing to clean but I'm sure it will hide the wrinkles.....😣

Nope it doesn't do that either.

 

 Cheers

We're just gonna blow out this wall and put in a beam Part 8

Yippee!

See Part 7 HERE 

 We are now back in our old digs but with a sturdy floor and a wood stove.  It has been a looooong year of reno's; actually 1 year and 2 months.  We could have sailed around the world ten times,  joined the circus, had a new Baby Turtle  all in the time this reno took....and we did...have a new baby turtle that is! 

A SHORT video of a hungry baby turtle.

The finishing work is nearly done.  Getting there was another story.

Part one starts here.

Rock Wall Surprise!

See part 7 of our "Were Just Gonna Blow Out This Wall and Put In A Beam" Series!

  😉

What's behind it you ask?

(I am pretty sure you didn't)

Strips of cement backerboard installed on the studs which will create an air gap behind the rock

a coped corner piece.

and prune hands.

and a new baby Turtle!
   I fell in love!
We call him "Baby Turtle"

CHEERS!
Happy New Year to all my friends!

We're just gonna blow out this wall and put in a beam! Part Seven

Click here for a look at Part Six

With our new window here, we are back

 in the light of it all.

We're just gonna blow out this wall and put in a beam! Part Six

To view part five, click here.

After the old laundry room wall was stripped of panelling,  drywall,  plaster and lath, and an ancient wasp nest, I stole Mr. FT's serial killing crowbar and started prying out that old leaky fly streaked window!

Poor Mr. FT. 

 What will he kill once there are no more flies????

 A new doorway to the porch was framed in to make a corner for the wood stove.

Look who came to visit us!

  This is Foxy the foster dog.

Hopefully she will find a loving forever home next weekend.

This weekend she becomes construction dog!

Speaking of construction animals, we decided to incorporate!

Just Kidding 

Update: since I wrote this post...Foxy has a new loving family

 and Manny found a new home with other goats. 

 He's no longer an only child!

Cheers to good people!

To see part seven, click here

Bird Screen Door

To get some much needed airflow through the  kitchen due to my expertise culinary skills, ahem,

I decided that a screen door would fit our needs perfectly...that and air fresheners!

Oh yah, and a quick disconnect of the smoke detector!

Our local hardware store happened to have a screen door in the clearance section a few years back and I decided to hoard it in my shed.

Hey it was only twenty five bucks....that's like  $7.50 or so to my American friends!

 Anyways, watching those hoarding shows made me get off my shell 

and purge which meant sell it or use it..

I tried it on for size and it worked after a few trips to the tablesaw. 

We're just gonna blow out this wall and put in a beam! Part Five

You can read all about part four here.

We left off with a shiny new beam installed and a goat that showed up on our deck.

Yes, we are friends now and she's a he!

We're just gonna blow out this wall and put in a beam! Part Four

See part three here!
We are in the midst of it all.

Dust, debris, drywall and a lot of wood  for temporary walls, which will
  probably be repurposed into a SHE SHED!!

( they say the power of positive thinking)

Even the ceiling is gone in the old laundry room.

We're just gonna blow out this wall and put in a beam! Part Three

See part two here

I left you with a stripped wall on our last adventure

We're just gonna blow out this wall and put in a beam! Part Two

To see PART ONE Click HERE

Part two brings us a new living room....in the kitchen.

We set up the necessary furniture...#1 being the TV of course, and then somewhere to park our butts after a long day of renovating.  

We're just gonna blow out this wall and put in a beam! Part One

 I thought I would pop in to say hi and tell you about our latest shenanigan!

 Hi  :)

You know those home shows where they talk about

 "Just blowing out this wall and putting in a beam"

Well this is what we are doing... we're just gonna blow out a wall and put in a beam.

But first

we had to go to the basement and fix the previous tenants sins..  

A Special Birthday Gift

My crazy talented blog buddy created an amazing work of art for Mr. FT's birthday.

Being a "special" birthday, I wanted something that

would be unique and memorable.

Heather from The Beating Hearth

to the rescue. 

I ran a few personalized ideas by her and she did the rest...EVERYTHING, PERFECTLY!

An Ikea Hack with Besta TV Units

The day was sunny, and unbearably hot.

The Boss was young, cute, extremely chatty and somewhat demanding

Her Mommy was an amazing cook.

The job was an Ikea hack.

This is our story.

Summer Happenings and Root Beer Floats

I have an excuse for being MIA......

Really I do!

Mr. FT is on his "Workcation" 

 and you know what they say,

"When the cat's away the mice will play"

So I kicked up my heels by adding on to the wood shed

and painting......

and hanging ladders

and more painting......

and some shingles were applied thanks to a special helper!

Unfortunately I lost my helper for the other side due to weather conditions and timing.

A bit of sheathing on the bottom edge, fascia board and a few sistered rafters were doctored in for a safer roof

.  Note to self....Don't let things get this bad EVER.

Old shed doors were fixed and what the heck....new paint for you too shed!

and aluminum fascia was installed.

and a gas line and dryer were installed thanks to my awesome manchild.

Thanks Manchild!

You can see the start of the laundry room HERE and HERE......

and maybe one day there will be a link for the finish of it!

and some homemade laundry soap was made...see the glass jar below!

I used Nana Diana's recipe which I couldn't find as I was rushing about,

 but here is the link to her blog!

It is amazing!

I was glad to rip this out of the wall.  It was the old birds nest  dryer vent!

and buttoned it up until we decide what siding the house will wear.

and baby gifts were made

and some soap was made which means new soap recipes are coming soon....

and had a surprise Zombie Karaoke Birthday bash with family, thanks to my dear children....

They just couldn't let it go that their momma turned twenty nine for the UMPTEENTH time.

BTW, you ever notice how well you can sing after a few beers?

and Mowed and Mowed and MOWED lawns...about 6 acres worth.....over and over and over again.

and built some new steps off the less used side of the deck with some

 scavenged supplies from around the old homestead.

and tended to all the plantings, praying they don't die before Mr. FT gets home.

He's got the green thumb and he actually cooks with this stuff...who knew!  

and dressed up the wood shed with a star my sister made me. I might have scared the neighbors too with my pentagram blue grass.  That's right neighbors....don't pi$$ me off or I will cast one of my evil spells!

I did this for all my American friends....ok that's not true.  I just like the way the blue pops against  red.  This star needed a safe place until the house is sided and where better than the wood shed.

And stayed cool in my craft room working on more wedding bouquets.

yep that's a skull for a goth or biker or just one cool bride or groom!

and mulched some new tree plantings to help in this drought.  On the upside, mowing duties have slowed down considerably!

and more branches were cut to make way for our forest trail.

And some healthy juicing was done...

and wasp nests were destroyed and then angered....yes turtles can move pretty quickly when they need to

and lastly....the start of an outhouse in my north pasture....just in case some brave campers come!

  Perhaps I will get it done in time to post before summer is gone.

Stay cool, keep laughing and I apologize for my absence!

I disabled my comments link now that I know how to do it!

  I will be away from the internet for awhile but not too long!

Cheers!