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Michelle E

Churubusco, IN
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  • This is the completed deck.
  • I used concrete blocks as the support between the railroad ties. 1
  • I screwed the decking boards into the railroad ties on each side.

Easy Deck With Concrete Blocks and Railroad Ties

I needed to cover up a shameful space in my backyard. And, provide another area for seating. I wanted it to be cheap, easy and fast. This method of building a deck was perfect! The only tool needed was a drill.

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DaisyMaeBelle - Melissa Murfreesboro, TN
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    You could use RR ties as the supports in the middle too if you have them or can get them ...»
    cheap. Tammy- garden snakes are good for the garden and helps keep mice away that can get into your house.

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Shade garden fence

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Julee S Bangor, MI
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  • New Kitchen Island in our 1882 Victorian house.
  • Lots of counter space now!! Roll out your cookies and pie crusts!
  • Mixer lift and spice drawers!

Homemade Kitchen Island

We had limited counter space in our large kitchen so the obvious decision was to build an island. I designed it to work with the existing layout - spice drawers near the stove, mixer lift ...»
near the sink - and the cookbook storage adds a design flair. Built from scratch, we have seating for 3 but have fit 5 around it.

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Wayne Carpenter Winchester, VA
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  • The sink is the original one from the kitchen in the house, salvaged from the cellar. 18
  • The shelf is a $3 thrift store find. 6
  • The door knob plates from the old door. 1
  • The other plate. 1
  • A couple of clearanced hooks from Hobby Lobby. 1
  • I installed wire mesh into the window space and added this cross section so I would have a place to mount an old rake head for a tool rack. 2
  • The bench is in heavy use already. 12
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Potting Bench

When we replaced the old front door on our 100 year old home, I couldn't bring myself to throw the old one away. This is how we transformed it into a potting bench with repurposed lumber ...»
and few new bits and pieces.

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Lori J Broken Bow, NE
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Re-purposed bed to garden/porch bench.

It is not hard to make a bench from an old bed head & foot board. Finding the right one to make it something special is the problem. For instructions on making one go to my blog http://pjhdesignsoneofakind.blogspot.com
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Peggy H Bivins, TX
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Chair Bench

I repurposed three old dining room chairs into a bench for my garden. This is a great way to use old chairs. You can check out the details on how to do it at ...»
http://froufrugal.blogspot.com/2011/07/from-.... I also show you how to make a custom pad for the bench at http://froufrugal.blogspot.com/2011/08/bench...

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Suesan - Frou FruGal Mansfield, OH
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31 DIY Pallet Ideas

Pallets are all the rage right now. We put together a list of 31 plus to give you some ideas. There are some health concerns that go along with using pallets in the home, so please read ...»
about safety before you get carried away with these super creative and beautiful DIY projects. http://bit.ly/KFj67D

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BrightNest Denver, CO
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    Commented on Apr 06, 2013
    We used palettes for the inside walls of my goat barn and stall doors, it was supposed to just ...»
    be a temporary fix until I could get up the outside walls after I ran out of sheets of OSB. But it looks great and was free...I still need to rip down the OSB and do the rest of the walls with pallette boards. Much sturdier, lasts longer and looks like a wood lined horse stable. This wasn't our first attempt at using found items to build with. We built a 8 ft by 16 ft chicken coop with second hand lumber for framing, Covered it with slats from privacy fence that was discarded and used someone's discarded deck boards for the floor and the window was also a curb find. Only thing we bought was screws and shingles.

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  • End of June toping the 3 ft cage 1
  • July 9th after a week of record high temps and very little rain...the plants here are loaded with tomatoes inside the cage and full of blooms too!

Tomatoes and their need for water

I started may 28th planting 4 tomatoes around a garbage can with holes drilled in the bottom rim and a second row up about 10 inches... buried the can to where the top holes just barely ...»
were above the ground... put in two shovels full of compost... then I fill the can up with water ever 2 days and try not to water the leaves... these four plants are now 5 ft 4 inches in less that a month and a half and loaded with green tomatoes and about a hundred sets of tomato blossoms...

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James Bryan C Crab Orchard, KY
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  • Great side by side comparison. The left wall was treated and the corner/right wall were not.
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Shower Cleaning Made Easy without the Use of Noxious Chemicals

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Home Repair Tutor Pittsburgh, PA
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