Multi-use coffee table / storage trunk. Good for blankets, games, your husbands hat, This piece can serve several purposes and is made from repurposed wood from an old 1912 farm house.
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Thanks to the response we received for our bathroom, I decided to put up another creation. We spent ten+ years remodeling this old house. Our living room had a single door leading out onto a screened-in porch. When I retired from the military in '05, we decided to expand the opening with unbelievably beautiful antique french doors.
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In June 2011 I purchased a Mantis tiller with the intention of putting in a new lawn, a low-grow fescue, and eventually flowerbeds and a garden. I also purchased vegetation killer and treated the entire lot to prepare for tilling and planting in the fall; I figured that a couple months of dying for the vegetation would be enough. In the meantime I also rented a stump grinder for my sons to use in removing the five large stumps left from tree removal in the back yard.
In September 2011 I started tilling and moving dirt out of the front yard which was high and into the back yard which was low. What I was not prepared for was the record rainfall we had that year. I spent the winter with a dead and partially muddy lot because after all the rain we had in the fall we also had a record winter for the one of our lowest snowfalls!
In the spring of 2012 I started in again after the weather warmed. I re-tilled what I had done in the fall before the rain and started in with re-grading and moving dirt. Then the city of Elyria stepped in and threatened to fine me if I did not plant something; so I dropped grass seed, against my better judgment, and spent every weekend of the summer pulling weeds. And I am not just talking weeds! I am talking Jurassic weeds! Crab grass three feet in diameter just to name one variety! I saw weeds I have never seen before!
So the summer of 2012 was spent on weed patrol with few tufts of grass and tons of weeds. By the way we had a drought that year! Also, I took a week of vacation in July to split the wood still in my back yard that the city was threatening to haul away, at my expense! In August 2012 I re-tilled the front yard, after all the weed removal, to prepare for seeding which I finally managed to drop during the last two weekends in October. But we had a colder than usual autumn so nothing sprouted any time soon, another winter of mud!
So here we are in May 2013 and the city wants to know what I am going to do about the condition of my yard! So I told them I would put down more seed and water as much as possible. Then they contacted me to see what I was going to do about the back yard, which (by the way still has stump remnants that need to be removed.
I am not sure they have any concept of what happens in the real world when someone works Monday thru Friday and can only do yard work on weekends, when it does not rain! To top that off I do not have the money to put into additional supplies; the only thing I can do is put in sweat equity and it looks like it is going to take lots of that! HELP!? Please?
Enjoy the pics! I do every time I look at them! Not sure if I should laugh or cry! If you would like to see more mud with tufts of grass I can take some, I have not cataloged 2013 yet!
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Under $4,000, remodeled, old style 1940s bath with cast iron tub and sink, 2 inch thick concrete under tile. Did all the work ourselves except electrical. I was 54 yo and wife was 63. Although it took about six weeks, we only worked on it about 4 hours a day on average, in the winter. And it was worth it!
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A friend of mine gave me some wood from an old mule barn so I decided to build a chicken coupe and start raising a few chickens just for fun.I used an old white fence just for looks to frame in the view. It came from an old home built during the Civil War.
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Our master bedroom was very dated and full of mistakes - bad window treatment, awful wallpaper and not enough storage. We put in closet systems and added a storage bed. We removed a dark wood "feature" wall and brightened up the space. I hope you like it.
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After Hurricane Sandy in 2012, I made a major purge of closets and storage areas around here I made donations to local thrift establishments and sent donations to New Jersey Sandy Survivors. With the spaces being cleared, it made it easier to get the house holiday & guest ready. Using items I already had plus some pieces I had collected from thrift, I was able to convert the last room in our rental home into a guest space for under $450. Mixing in wood pieces and collected baskets added texture plus helped warm the otherwise grey + black + white space. I created another gallery wall with photos I captured in Florida & framed - a nice little escape for us here in AZ. Because most pieces were already on hand - minus the sleep sofa - I was able to get this space done in a day. What helped a lot was the existing neutral foundation of gray walls and the beige carpet. Read more details at my blog Focal Point Styling: http://nyclq-focalpoint.blogspot.com/2012/11/done-in-day-guest-room-ready-for-under.html
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It's no secret - Arizona is HOT. And I don't mean South Beach HOT. I mean dry desert heat hot. Some east coasters coming from the tropics may miss some of the outdoor living of days gone by. I know for sure we do - including our cat Sephora. We would spend mornings with coffee, afternoons reading or gardening, and evenings grilling and relaxing outside on our patio - which when we left Florida, was nothing like when we first moved in. It took time to live in the space, figure out what we wanted and how we wanted it, and of course, a budget to consider. Even though we're renting, those same considerations applied when I created our indoor garden room. Read the details from paint color, to process, to thrift finds on my blog Focal Point Styling here: http://nyclq-focalpoint.blogspot.com/2012/05/creating-indoor-garden-room.html
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We just purchased a condo in the CO Rockies. It was owned and decorated by a interior designer (so she said. I am not opposed to mountain decor but this is really not my cup of tea. Something is really bugging me about the space (the grey around the fireplace or the mishmash of wood colors...not quite sure. I wish I had the money and time to completely redecorate but I don't, at least not for about a year. Can you suggest quick and inexpensive ways to improve the look of this open concept family room? I look forward to suggestions!!
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This kitchen was updated using high end, solid wood cabinets obtained on craigslist and renovated to fit into my 10 x 11 kitchen. A wall was removed to open the space to the living area and the footprint expanded to enable more workspace.
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Our family room was an awkward size and we were never able to figure out what to do with the space. We decided to split the room up and build a bar on one side and media area on the other. It really came out beautiful and created a fun, functional space.
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