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Building a Rustic Barn Wood Shelf with Faux Finished, New, Pine, Bead Board Back
I reclaimed 100 year old barn wood to build the frame for this rustic hutch, but used new, pine, bead board for the back. I faux finished the pine using a combination of materials
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How To Make Garden Treasure Jars
I started making these treasure jars when my kids were little and they wanted to make some garden art of their own. Because the jars remain functional, you can hide little notes and toys
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CommentedAnd I just threw away two big bags of those stones. Guess who has to make a run to Hobby Lobby ...»
Bottle Garden Edging
We wanted a unique edging for a few of our garden beds in our backyard.....so, we used old, colored bottles. A bonus: when the little indentions in the top fill with water, they attract
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CommentedAnother pretty option for colored bottles is a bottle tree. We have a couple of those out in ...»
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DIY Pirate Bedroom Redo
Using driftwood and items on hand I turned a small white attic bedroom into a pirate's sleeping quarters.
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My "new" coffee table
Finally finished my factory cart coffee table. For the before/after check out my blog at www.junk-fest.blogspot.com.
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CommentedThe first $1000 offer I have, it's sold! Mine is very old with the iron wheels. i'll take a ...»
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CommentedPretty...lucky you! I've never seen those, but I'm going to be on the lookout for one here in ...»
Turning a tomato cage into a chandelier
I knew we "needed" a chandelier for the pergola my dear sweet husband got me for Mother's Day but where could I find what I wanted.... it had to be made of old materials and crystals. A quick trip through the garage reminded me that we had a stack of old tomato cages which had not been put to use as of yet. In fact my original purpose for them was to set them in our old cement planters upside down and drape them in tiny Christmas lights for the winter. Well here it was early summer
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Commented@Glenda, I've seen those on Pinterest. One girl did the hula hoop and used icicle lights. I ...»
Wildlife & Animals: Does anyone have any good suggestions on how to keep squirrels out of my bird feeders?
I have tried the crushed red pepper in the bird seed, and have tried putting vaseline on the pole that holds the feeders....any other suggestions? I will at times have one or two in the feeders, with 5 or 6 on the ground below...I dont mind them on the ground, but they've broken a couple of feeders already this year for me.... :(
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Commented@Ruth M. We only have a few squirrels so we don't have that problem. That would be a problem.