Sorry I'm a day
later on this post than promised, but as you'll see it is a lengthy one and
took me longer to put it together then I was expecting. Sometimes, that is just how it goes.
To say the least I
was a busy girl. I started out bright
and early Saturday morning. You see, I
was on a mission. And I had a list!
After a quick
breakfast the girls and I were off in the truck to Home Depot for
supplies. Along the way we stopped into
Walgreens to pick up four bottles of laundry detergent that were on sale and I had coupons. 99¢ a bottle!
I was super excited about that.
At Home Depot I
returned some things I did not need.
Since I had used a gift card to make that purchase they issued me store
credit which was totally fine by me. We
were there about an hour gathering up everything I needed and checking out a
few things for future projects I have in mind.
At checkout I used the store credit along with a $25 Visa gift card I
had to pay for everything. My projects
for the weekend cost $0!
We hit Fred Meyer on
the way home for a few grocery items to get us through the long weekend and the
rest of the week as well. After we
unloaded the truck we hopped into the car and were off to pick up houseguest
number one, a friend of my oldest daughter.
Once home I got busy dragging out my tools and stringing cords. I was more than ready to get started.
Project #1 - Our
Front Gate
I have wanted to
tackle this one for a very long time.
Our tenants had somehow managed to bend the living bejeezies out of the
hinges, we assume by wedging some furniture into the four foot space and
getting it stuck. Who knows for
sure. But, by the time I got to this
project this poor old gate was hanging on by a thread and a miracle.
New frame |
Old gates removed |
Putting the old gate boards onto the new frame |
I carefully took it
all apart, built a new frame, put the fence boards and lattice back on and got
it hung back up. I was able to salvage
all of the hardware and reuse it too.
Then I added a barn star for a little decor and it looked really nice,
but then I got to thinking.....
Old hardware ready to be reused |
New gate hung back in place |
From the back |
So I taped of the
star in the center and hit it with a coat of Rustoleum Claret Wine spray
paint.
Not a bad transformation, huh?
Project #2 - Laverne
- Exterior Touch Ups
Project #3 -
Laverne's Countertop extension.
Project #4 -
Laverne's Closet Shelf
Project #5 - Laverne
Gets A New Step
Project #6 - Motorhome
Cutting Board
Project #7 - Spring
Clean The Pantry
It was on my May
Goals list so it had to be done. While
it was fairly neat and organized it had been a while since I had actually
cleaned in there. So bright and early
Monday morning I got to it. Everything
out on the kitchen floor and then I washed down all the shelves with hot soapy
water. Once dry it was time to put
everything back.
Project #8 -
Dripping Faucets
I lucked out on this
project because a friend of mine, who happens to be a plumber came over and did
this one for me. Our kitchen faucet was
dripping so he got it all spruced up and stopped the drip.
That was my busy,
but very productive and satisfying holiday weekend. How was yours?
I am always so impressed with your projects. Great jobs! I made homemade pumpkin bread and turned it into homemade bread pudding with a homemade toffee sauce. Delicious. :-)
ReplyDelete- Molly
OMGosh! That pudding sounds so good!
DeleteYou even build gates!! Nice! Love your new shelf and step stool for Laverne too. You remind me of one of my aunts, never afraid to do it herself!! I need more of that gene!!
ReplyDeleteI love to build stuff. So much fun!!
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