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Loretta B

Keller, TX
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  • Here are some impatiens planted in a metal minnow bucket and the bucket insert.  Holes were punched in the bottoms for drainage.
  • I had my husband add a rubber pad to the top rung and side posts to protect the siding.  He also put a large nail in two of the rungs to keep the buckets in place.  One of the bucket bottom holes slides over the nail. 1
  • An old tree house ladder picked up for free adds vertical interest to my minnow bucket plant containers.
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Re-Purposed Tree House Ladder

I am always on the look out for fun and unusual plant containers, AND fun and unusual junk to display my plant containers in and/or on. When I heard that my son was tearing down an old ...»
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Organized Clutter
Organized Clutter International Falls, MN
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  • Clean the space between your oven doors. 3
  • Special tool for torx screw...around $5. 1
  • Open up the doors, but be careful, because they may spring apart. 1
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How To Clean In Between The Glass On Your Stove Doors

Want to clean that space in between the glass on your oven door? It's really not hard...all you need is an inexpensive tool and a few free minutes...come on over and let me show you how I cleaned mine!

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Mom4Real Lexington, KY
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  • Some of the tools you can use to sow seeds. My favorite is my green dibbler but a chopstick with a narrow end works great too. ( even a pencil if you only have that on hand :) 1
  • You can buy little greenhouse kits like this one above to place your pellets in. I usually use long black seeding trays. Lay the flat round discs in an even row and add water. Add more water as it's quickly wicked up.
  • Once pellets have completely swelled (takes several minutes ) then use your dibbler tool to gently make a shallow indentation in each pellet.
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Thyme to Sow

Right now retail stores and nurseries are loaded with racks of pretty little packages of seeds...it's hard to resist filling your basket full of them! If they don't have you ...»
Shelley @ Sow and Dipity
Shelley @ Sow and Dipity Canada
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    Commented on Feb 21, 2013
    Thanks for the timely advice! I myself was just about to start some catnip seeds for my new ...»
    kitty to enjoy all summer and wasn't sure the *best* way to get them going. I was thinking back to my gradeschool days (many, many moons ago-LOL) when we started seeds for our mother's day plant gifts but the memory was a little sketchy! :D

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Amy H Greensboro, NC
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    Commented on Jun 28, 2012
    nice use of space :)
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  • distressed blue hutch in white kitchen.  this home was rebuilt- it was burned to the ground in 2010, and this piece had originally housed an antique pendulum clock in the center which could not be salvaged after the fire. 2

freestanding hutch in kitchen

20+ yrs ago, we were the first cabinetmakers in the area to add furniture styled pieces into homes. Often imitated, no one does it better than C & L Millwork.
Loretta B
Loretta B Keller, TX
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    Commented on Jun 20, 2012
    In Texas they still do the exact same-old same-old cabinets all through the house (unless of ...»
    course we are doing the job). We are true bespoke, not repeating door styles even from one customer to the next. Each piece is painstakingly designed to meet the owners style and needs per area.

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  • The side yard before shot.  The old retaining wall and fence sat at least 2 feet onto our neighbor's property.  They are grand folks, and would never make an issue of it, but it was clear that any new fencing/walls needed to correct it 4
  • The view of the backyard from the south side of the house. And it is already missing the very, very sad 'privacy fence'--a failing wooden mess that our lab found himself running right through when chasing a ball!
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Backyard Mega Makeover

When we bought this old house three summers ago, the backyard was a nightmare. I remember standing on the back porch with the realtor and saying, "Wow, this could be beautiful." She looked at me as if I were out of my mind. ;-)

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Lori J Broken Bow, NE
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    Commented on Jun 19, 2012
    really nice job!
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  • figured Macore veneer coffered ceiling in husband's home office
  • wife's master bath area- tall cabinet houses linens and TV- notice the curved face on the vanity @ the sink area
  • husband's home office- curved corner walls, all done up in sequenced, bookmatched mahognay crotch veneers (hand laid by us) 1

a little taste of the home we just completed

woman's vanity in Master bath area, husband's home office in sequenced, bookmatched mahogany crotch veneered panels (hand laid), with figured Macore bookmatched veneer coffered ceiling. ...»
Loretta B
Loretta B Keller, TX on Jun 18, 2012
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    Becky H on Jun 20, 2012
    Your craftsmen do beautiful work!! The detail and notice to grain is outstanding.
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  • love our 'butterfly season' here!

Butterfly Time in North Texas

twice a year we get the Monarch's migrating through our area- they LOVE the flowering bushes in our yard
Loretta B
Loretta B Keller, TX
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    Commented on May 14, 2012
    I'd have to find out at the nursery what these bushes are called, but they grow like crazy ...»
    here (15 ft tall and wide!) and have fragrant blooms in the spring that smell like honeysuckle. I think every yard here has at least one of these bushes and the butterflies go nuts for them- covering the bushes.

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