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Pam D

Bondurant, IA
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  • At least it looked nice and neat with the door closed! 1
  • Such a disaster... we couldn't find anything in the jumbled mess, and heaven forbid it was at the back!
  • So you empty first, and knock those shelves out! 1
  • It was small closet sized, we repaired any wall damaged and painted. the strips are from the wood they used to hold the former shelves up.
  • My production line for painting. 8
  • I used a left over Behr semi-gloss for the first 2 coats. But finished it off with a nice coat of gloss.
  • You can see the aluminum channel he used to hold the shelves. Smart hubby. 1
  • I can see everything! We did add one more shelf up high a little later. And the bottom shelf is about 8 inches from the floor, so I can clean! 5
  • Everything has a place.  So nice. No more digging around to find things. 10
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Pantry Remodel!

The standard pantries in the house we bought last year were almost unusable. Long deep shelves and only 3-4 of them in a large closet sized area. Thank heavens they had doors. I designed ...»
the shelves, my husband cut them out of MDF boards, I painted them with several coats of paint, and he installed them with aluminum channel. The channel allowed use of the shelf all the way to the back of the space. I counted and measured all the things in my food pantry to make the plan for how many shelves, how wide, tall and deep they needed to be. See the beginning and end result. It's so nice to be able to find things now. It turned out so nice, we did the 2nd pantry where I keep dishes, plastics, and mixed items for the kitchen!

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Melissa B Forney, TX
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  • This Spring I noticed a shopping mall by my house had used a steel livestock tank as a planter for the trees at the mall entrance.  I loved it.  
Normally you would find these tanks out in a field filled with water for the horses.
  • Brilliant idea!  These tanks are perfect for planters as they come with a built in drainage spout, are light weight and because they are galvanized - they never rust.
  • I had a dark corner of my back deck that I wanted to fill in with tall shrubs that would stay green all year.  
I added some Styrofoam for drainage and some drip irrigation.
  • I really love the industrial look of the planter.
Also, the steel tank reflects the sun and really brightens up the dark corner.
  • A perfect planter
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Galvanized Livestock Tank as Planters

I found the perfect planter for large trees / shrubs on my back deck. It was cheaper than a ceramic planter of comparable size, will last longer and is lighter, brighter and provides a ...»
nice relief from a deck full of ceramic or wooden planters.

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Nancy T Redmond, WA
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    I also look for the troughs on craigs list and farm sales...a lot cheaper. It's ok if they are ...»
    rusted at the bottom, because you need drainage anyway. When I start a new one I also fill the bottom with twigs and leaves broken bricks any fill I can find.

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  • Desiring the look of old crates, I created stencils with my signmaking equipment. The paint went directly on the original wood! 6
  • Eclectic yardstick risers and old license plates were added to jazz things up some. 3
  • No two stairs are alike. 3
  • Here's proof it's really paint on the original wood! 1
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Turn your stairs into a work of art

When I I ripped off the old stairway carpet, I debated for two long years on what to do with the stairs. The 'old patina' showing up on the stairs from daily wear and tear fired up an ...»
idea... make them look as if they were made from old crates.

So I got to work creating stencils and painted them with craft paint. Adding creative things such as yardsticks for risers just added to the fun.

The stairs fool nearly everyone coming in thinking I spent a FORTUNE on them, when in reality, they were absolutely free.

#Bestof2012

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    I am so doing this! Thanks.
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