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Thistlewood

Blogger | Grand Rivers, KY http://www.thistlewoodfarms.com
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About Me:

I am a stay-at-home mom with a passion for decorating! I have 4 wonderful kids and a sweet husband who helps me with all my DIY projects, and I know how to throw a great party!

Favorite area of home improvement:

I like adding architectural details to a home - crown molding, base molding, window molding, shelf molding - basically anything to do with molding :)


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  • Here's the finished dresser with numbers....creating a fun, vintage look!
  • I painted in each of the numbers with a slant tip paint brush.  Try to stay in the lines!
  • To create visual interest...I turned the numbers upside down and right side up.
  • Print out the numbers and trace onto the drawer fronts with graphite paper.
  • I used standard acrylic paint and sealed the project with polycrylic!
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Painted Dresser With Numbers

I love this dresser so much and it's a really fun project for a playroom or rec room! It's been on my to-do list ever since last fourth of July when I first painted it gray and distressed ...»
it and put it in the upstairs playroom. It never really looked right.

It looked....well....it looked....gray.

Gray with red numbers is so much better. :)

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Thistlewood Grand Rivers, KY on May 09, 2013
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    It looks amazing! Love it!
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  • This is after our makeover from the street.
  • This is our front yard before. This is just to the right of the house; the only area that wasn't just grass.
  • This is the old concrete path from the other direction coming from the back yard to the front before.
  • And our new flagstone path we laid along with new garden along the path! So much better!
  • Going towards the back.
  • Laying out the plan...you can see here there was nothing along the property line before.
  • Help! This is our mailbox before.
  • And after! We added a border garden all along the property line to define our space.
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Front Yard Makeover

This is the project that we started with when beginning our total landscape makeover; the front yard. We really started with nothing. It was a lot of planning, but now we have a landscape ...»
we love!

To see more, as well as our back yard and side yard transformations, you can visit my site at the link below. Thanks for checking it out!

Confessions of a Serial DIYer
Confessions of a Serial D... Virginia Beach, VA
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Curb Appeal

Using our DIY skills and goodies from The Home Depot we took our tired old bungalow from blah to wow! Projects include a flagstone walkway, expanded garden, refaced concrete block ...»
foundation and cedar window boxes.

http://akadesign.ca/?p=9312

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  • This is a new stone walk way that we recently completed that joins the side yard garden to the the front porch
  • a view of the front porch

Southern Style Porch

We love our front porch and take advantage of every opportunity to sit and entertain out there. All the landscaping were weekend projects and the stone walkway was a project my husband ...»
and I recently finished.For more photos as we prepare for the 4th of July, visit my blog at http://www.topthistopthat.blogspot.com/2012/...

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TopThisTopThat Pendergrass, GA
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  • Finished walkway with red decomposed grant.
  • Added more rocks to the low end of walk way next to driveway.
  • Continued rocks around bushes and added mulch.
  • Added rocks and a broken cement fountain to the low end of the walkway to keep water from washing away the soil.  This is a typical desert landscape for Arizona.
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Sand Stone Walk Way

My sister had a narrow walk way and the soil around it was eroding away at the far end. So I used the dirt in the back yard to fill in the low areas around the sidewalk. The soil is very ...»
sandy so I didn't have to buy sand to level the stones she already had in her backyard. I used a level to make sure the sidewalk was level and the stones next to it level. We bought a 100 pounds of red decomposed grant for $15 and had some left over for another project. I placed her red concrete scalped edging over to the side and around the back to keep the dirt from washing down the yard. I also used an old concrete fountain that I broke up and placed in the ground to keep the low side from shifting or washing down a slopped yard. I finished with rocks around the bushes and added mulch to provide ground cover and nourishment for the bushes. All the rocks came from the desert. Now the walk way looks like the red rocks of Sedona, AZ.

Materials:

100 lbs X Decomposted red granite - $28.00

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Roxann O Peachtree City, GA
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Stenciled Stone Porch

I love the look of flagstone walkways but it wasn't in my budget to rip out the existing concrete and redo the porch. For less than $100 I was able to transform our existing concrete slab into something completely fab! #porchpride
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Christine at First Home L... Saint Cloud, FL
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Concrete Garden Path

We made this garden walkway with a mold that we purchased at Lowe's. We mixed the Quickcrete up and then poured it into the mold a section at a time. It was almost like making mud pies. It was a bit time consuming but we were very happy with the end result. It has held up very well as it has been down now for about 3 years.
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  • Repurposed vintage grates add whimsy to a walkway. 4
  • Line your path - or even create your path - with recycled glass bottles turned upside down. 15
  • This walkway design is screaming to be created with reclaimed railway ties. 9

Take the {repurposed} Path Less Traveled

How often do you notice the ground that you're walking on? Not often? That's because you haven't been on these beautiful repurposed garden paths! Get inspired to create your own little path of happiness at home.

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Re.Create Design Co. Sweden
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  • Paver patio and outdoor kitchen with slate insets. By Ross NW Watergardens in Portland, OR.
  • New front walkway. Boulders and bluestone slate elevate this paver install. By Ross NW Watergardens in Portland, OR.
  • Stone fire pit, gravel patio, paver patio all blended to create a beautiful outdoor space. By Ross NW Watergardens in Portland, OR.
  • Boulders anchor the walkway and retain for the steps. By Ross NW Watergardens in Portland, OR.
  • Ants' eye view of paver walkway. By Ross NW Watergardens in Portland, OR. 1
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Pavers with boulders and slate integrated by Ross NW Watergardens- Portland Landscaper

We like to integrate natural materials with man made. Some examples are here:
Ross NW Watergardens
Ross NW Watergardens Portland, OR
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  • Finished and now to clean up the mess :) 2
  • All done before the thunderstorm rolled in!!! 1
  • Pea gravel, sand. paver edger ... 1
  • ... then the new pavers!
  • Rented a paver cutter ... $8 for 4 hours. 1
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Laying pavers next to front walkway.

Easy to do but does take time ... Worth the results!

#Hometalk #Bricks #Walkway

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Joy2Journey Andover, MN
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