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On Growing A Garden For Our Family
My daughter Meg wanted to grow a vegetable garden this summer. We’d never had one before so we thought it that was a great idea. Besides, we’re always up for a building project. So off to Home Depot...
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Laundry Room Redo: 58.5 Square Feet Of Organized Wonderfulness
If you saw me work I am sure you would think me pretty strange. I will be standing in a room, quiet. Apparently doing nothing but staring into space. Then I’ll move to the other side of the room where...
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My Alter Ego Is Named Builder Babe
“I always seek in what I see the likeness of something beyond the present and tangible object.” – Percy Bysshe Shelley The crew is here to build the deck and the fence in our backyard. Oh how long we...
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On Making What I See In My Mind Become Reality
The white picket fence I’ve always wanted is up, the deck I envisioned in my mind is built, the four cubic yards of gravel that make the patio and parking court is dispersed and the first 30 plants are...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Future Tense
My cart at Lowe’s is full of the plants and flowers I’m adding to my garden, as well as the chalkboard paint I’m using on the door in my new home gym I’m calling “Average Charlotte’s.” The name is a...
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How To Create A Chalkboard Door
Recently a blogger friend, Erin, from Three Puzzle Pieces commented on a photo she saw of the chalkboard door I recently made. And well, since Erin is about to move into a wonderful new house, I...
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On The Fun That Is Painting White Doors Red
Anyone who has visited my blog before probably knows I like to do projects. Yup. Sure do. If left alone for too long I will think of something to do, something to change. I will find a project to...
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How To Make Fabric Topped Mason Jars
My kitchen window faces west and let me tell you, during the summer when the temperature in the 90′s it’s almost unbearable to be in there. Finally, after 13 years in our house, I bought fabric and...
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How To Clean An Outdoor Deck
When we bought our place at the lake we had a lot of work to do. A lot. One of the projects was tearing out the old deck (which was easy as it pretty much fell apart on its own) and build a new one...
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It’s July 1, Do You Know Where Your New Year’s Resolutions Are?
Okay. Confession time. My desktop was getting pretty messy again. So I made myself take the time to clean it up. Oh my it feels so good when I do that. And the exercise got me to thinking about...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Masterpiece
Not only is it a Masterpiece, it is LEVEL! Okay, you are going to have to work with me here because, yeah, I know, this probably doesn’t look like much of a Masterpiece to you. Now this, this right...
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We Have A Huge Hole In Our House!!!
Oh how I love construction. Well, in this case destruction, because it means change is happening. From the day I first walked through our house, more than 13 years ago, I envisioned a wall of french...
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My Remodeling Tale Begins With A Giant Fireplace
The story of our current family room remodel begins with a giant fireplace. It was a brick monstrosity. It measured eight feet high. Six feet wide. Two feet deep. It was so large the firebox held our...
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How To Frame A Fireplace Surround
There is one common denominator in every DIY project I have ever done and that is the project has always been inspired by an idea, that comes to me in the form of an image that I can see in my...
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How To Tile A Fireplace Surround
The last post in my Fireplace series described the basic process involved in framing a fireplace surround. In this post it is time to cover up all that work and hang some slate. We have a lot of fun...
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“Do, Undo, Redo” In Construction and In Life
This morning, like the last 10 mornings, I sat in my big comfy reading chair I put in my new favorite spot. The chair’s new spot lets me look out my new french doors – 24 feet of windowed wonderfulness...
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Enjoying The Process
Stepping back from hanging the door trim long enough to soak it all in. I don’t want to get so involved in the process I forget to enjoy it. It can be so easy sometimes to forget that crucial step, in...
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