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I bought a 1930's smoking stand sometime last year to use as a base for a table, but quickly realized it wouldn't work with the Table top I wanted to use.  So it sat on the shelf taking up room.  Now it's in the Project Parts Pile (P3) and taking up room.  Either I needed to get rid of it or make something out of it.  I decided what I needed to get ( Read more... )

The Landscape Trailer...

Yes, I thought it was done.  And then it wasn't.

Then I thought it was done again... But it really wasn't ( Read more... )

I'm pretty much down to the wire - not meaning to be punny.  I have a few last finishing touches left to do, but for the most part, this room is done.  I can move on to other things.  So Project #9 is done.  Here are a few pics of the done-ness.


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But I always Come Back.

I got a little more done today.  In between Coats of Red Paint on the Tool Box Project - (more on that later)


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So the rope lights arrived Thursday.   It was late so I waited till Friday to put them up.  Johnnie helped me.  It didn't take long since the clips were mostly in place.  We weaved them carefully around the deck making sure not to step on the lights or break the clips.  I was freakin' sweatin' like a Hog... But I just had to get it done.  To see if ( Read more... )

I did complete the High School sports crap shadowbox art project last night.  I tackled that first thing right after I fed the girls.  Knocked it out in about 10 minutes.  It went quick since I spent the time to pre-design how it was going to look.  So once I got the shadowbox, it was a snap.  I have already hung up downstairs in the soon to be ( Read more... )

Ok, so I have been taking a stroll down memory lane.  Digging through boxes of memorabilia and scrapbooks to clean up and organize my memories.  I feel very strongly about displaying things properly or getting rid of them.  last night I tore through my scrapbook that I put together gust before I moved from KC.  That would be 1989.  Nearly 20 years ( Read more... )

1. Finish Staining the 15" cabinet
2. take down spice racks
3. clean out 18" cabinet
4. Move stove out of the way
5. Take down range hood