Wednesday, December 28, 2016
Monday, December 19, 2016
Gone Fishing
With Christmas fast approaching, I would like to share a few pics of the completed "West Wing" festively adorned with sparkly baubles, lush pine garland and of course a beautiful tree.
Unfortunately the camera fell in the fish tank and drowned.
Whatever excuse you believe, something fishy is definitely going on here and it does not include construction pictures....just some pictures of fishy purses with a link to another website for the pattern
She includes an excellent tutorial too.
Saturday, May 21, 2016
Friday, May 20, 2016
We're just gonna blow out this wall and put in a beam! Part Six
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!
Friday, April 22, 2016
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.
Sunday, April 3, 2016
We're just gonna blow out this wall and put in a beam! Part Five
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!
Tuesday, March 22, 2016
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.
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!!
probably be repurposed into a SHE SHED!!
( they say the power of positive thinking)
Even the ceiling is gone in the old laundry room.
Sunday, March 20, 2016
Tuesday, March 8, 2016
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.
Tuesday, March 1, 2016
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..
Wednesday, December 23, 2015
It's a Dog's Life!
Dog lovers are pretty easy nuts to crack when it comes to Christmas.
Anything for their furbaby and they are over the moon.
I was cruising the internet looking for inspiration
and saw this cute idea on Hometalk.
An adorable sign
and so true too!
I created an assembly line and went to work.
I bought some 1x8 boards and cut them into
12' lengths.
Painted each board with brown acrylic craft paint and let dry.
Thursday, December 10, 2015
Friday, November 20, 2015
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.
to the rescue.
I ran a few personalized ideas by her and she did the rest...EVERYTHING, PERFECTLY!
Thursday, October 15, 2015
Wednesday, September 23, 2015
Wednesday, September 2, 2015
An Ikea Hack with Besta Units Part Two
As our saga continues, the Boss was pretty pleased with our work but demanded more.
You can see part one HERE.
Monday, August 17, 2015
Friday, July 10, 2015
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!
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 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.
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| 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...
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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!
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!
Thursday, May 14, 2015
A Wood Shed
In the creation of this wood shed, I actually learned a few things:
Joining the ranks of wood burning is
less romantic than it seems and
shed building, as I have discovered,
isn't as easy as YouTube makes it look.
The Easy Shed
and my inspiration picture.
You are probably wondering
how safe a" turtle built shed" could be, I thought I would
add that no children or pets will be housed in there
although I am not opposed to Mr. Turtle occasionally
seeking residence, but only when he can't see things my way!
Also, I think Mr. FT hides his chainsaw in fear of me sawing my head off,
and chocolate flavored cereal is just wrong!
Saddled with my tool pouch and cordless drill, I went to work.
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