About Me:
gardening, reading, enjoying retirement
Favorite area of home improvement:
gardening
Recent Activity
A Garden Party
My pal and neighbor hosted a lovely garden party. In my neighborhood, pranks run rampant. As a hostess gift, I left a little something special for the hostess with the moistest.
Thrifted Barrell Chairs
I scored an awesome set of chairs recently at a local thrift store, and cleaned them up and refreshed them. Cick on the link to my blog to view the entire post.
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CommentedGreat find! It looks like the wood is in great shape. So glad you did not paint these. I think ...»
Salvaging Sentimental Artwork
Recently I gave a little facelift to some tired looking, but very special artwork. Come by my blog to check out the before and after!
Thrifted Transformations
Last week, I took a walk down memory lane and showed some of my favorite projects from the start of my Trashtastic Tuesday series.
Layer Molding to Create Impact
When it comes to enhancing trimwork, sometimes you don't have to start from scratch. Here you will see how I added bulk (and beauty) to the existing trimwork simply by adding... more
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CommentedThe thing about molding is that it takes skill to dress out a house. Oh, the square windows ...»
Summer Blooms and When a Plant is Not Thriving
This summer the blooms are wonderful. Some of my plants, despite all my best efforts have not thrived. I share what my 'rule of thumb' is for giving a plant a good chance to grow in my garden and when I decide it is time to pull them out.
5 Ways With Decorative Numbers
I love the little number tags that I'm seeing in home decor lately. I recently got my own set and have had fun decorating with them. Here are several ideas for decorating with numbers: http://www.mrshinesclass.com/2013/06/10/deco...
DIY Garden Bench
Creating a site specific garden bench for work and display of vintage gardening tools.
http://in-spiredlife.com/garden-inspiration/...
Vibrant & Happy Summer Mantel
I'm one of those people who loves to decorate my mantel seasonally. It is a quick and simple thing that changes up the way my living room feels. For my Summer Mantel, I used a life
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