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Tag: projects
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Sunday Smiles: Greenhouses are exercises in patience
If you follow us on social media, you may know that we lost our polytunnel to a wind storm back in the winter. We ended up ordering a metal and polycarbonate greenhouse kit from Amazon. I built a wood 4×4 base to secure the greenhouse, but when I began to…
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Before and after: organizing our butler’s pantry
We are very blessed to have a large pantry off our living room and laundry room. If you’ve been reading here awhile, you know our current laundry room was once our kitchen and our current kitchen was once our dining room. Our pantry houses food, some coats and jackets, and…
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Wednesday Wonders: Cleaning Cabinet Organization
Recently, the dressers and closets at our house have gotten a bit out of hand. Case in point, my cleaning closet. It’s ironic to me that the closet containing my cleaning supplies was the most disorganized cabinet in my house, but I digress. That was really what my cleaning cabinet…
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Boone’s backyard oasis: yet another update
We completed yet another phase of our back yard refresher project. If you’re new here, we have been working on our boring, ugly and plain backyard. Since we are a family with young children and without unlimited cash flow, we do things a little at a time (like most people…
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Scrap wood Challenge: a plan-less chicken coop or rabbit hutch
I never like to build anything without a plan- it’s so difficult and something always turns out wrong. BUT- is it really a scrap wood challenge if you use a plan? It’s still challenging, but building on the fly is a whole ‘nother level of challenging. It’s aggravating. I knew…
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Weekend Projects: The cutest little playhouse EVER!
We spent the weekend building this super cute little playhouse from a kit. The directions were fantastic and they were easy to follow. We started by putting together the sides and frame. The roof was by far the hardest to put together. Once I finally figured out what I was…
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Creating a fire pit patio
As most of you have probably figured out, we are in the midst of a little backyard revamp. We have been working on revamping our flower beds, tilling our garden spot, and changing out banisters and rails on our porch. A few weeks ago, we got a very nice propane…