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Rhonda Thompson Leonard

Logan, IA
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About Me:

I'm a farm wife, mother and grandmother of 2 wonderful little boys. I love to work in my flower beds, decorative painting, hunting and classic cars

Favorite area of home improvement:

Gardening and working in my rock gardens.


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  • First, prepare "butterfly food" by mixing nine parts water with one part sugar. Depending on the size of your jar, you'll use either a tablespoon or a teaspoon. 16
  • Let the mixture boil until the sugar is dissolved, and then let it fully cool before putting it in the feeder.
  • Using your nail and hammer, punch a small hole in the lid of the jar. You're going to be cutting your sponge and you want your sponge to fit tightly through the hole, so keep it small. You can always make it bigger as necessary. 10
  • Cut your sponge into strings about one inch wide, and then pull it through the hole so there is about a half-inch of sponge sticking out from the top of the lid.
  • Remember, you want the sponge to stick tightly even when it's wet, so you might need to make it larger than you think. 1
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Make A DIY Butterfly Feeder In 6 Easy Steps

Encourage butterflies to visit your yard and pollinate your plants by making a butterfly feeder. It's easy! You'll need: A small jar (a mason jar or a baby food jar will work), hammer and ...»
nails, string, a sponge, sugar, water and construction paper.

The first few steps are below the photo, but for the full tutorial, visit: http://blog.brightnest.com/2012/06/24/attrac...

#Bestof2012

BrightNest
BrightNest Denver, CO
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  • Cracked and smashed China, pieces of mirror and stained glass, hide an ugly air conditioning unit.
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Mosaic Screen to hide Air Conditioner

Bliss R
Bliss R Minneapolis, MN
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Arbor from junk parts

Make this beautiful arbor from old posts and table legs. I am always picking up odds and ends of posts and table chair legs. When my son came for Mother's day one year he gathered up all ...»
that junk and made this beautiful arbor! For more details and how to go to my post here- http://megardengal.blogspot.com/2010/07/mast...

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  • Dura Supreme Cabinetry and granite countertop used for bar niche. 1
  • Dura Supreme Cabinetry and granite countertop.
  • Before photo of the unfinished basement. 1
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Basement renovation in West Chester, PA.

Pine Street Carpenters designed and remodeled this 70-year-old unfinished basement in West Chester, PA.
Pine Street Carpenters & The Kitchen Studio at Pine Street
Pine Street Carpenters & ... West Chester, PA
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Re-purposed windows and doors.

My husband and I built this greenhouse using our collection of old windows and french doors. It has a cute chandelier inside and icicle lights that set it off at night.
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Linda J Mc Kinney, TX
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Greenhouse from old windows and doors.

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Linda J Mc Kinney, TX
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  • after - an old serving tray becomes a cat window perch
  • old serving tray - lined with pretty wallpaper 1
  • inexpensive shelf brackets holding serving tray (cat perch) in place below the window
  • I also added a coordinating cushion and hand sewn cat toys (with catnip in the filling). 1
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Easy DIY cat perch/window seat

I repurposed an old serving tray into a cat window seat using an old serving tray and shelf brackets. Lalka loves to watch the squirrels and birds. #Love2Repurpose #bestof2012
DIY Show Off
DIY Show Off Pittsburgh, PA
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Boys bunk beds

Nikki Grandy
Nikki Grandy Queen Creek, AZ
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  • Very old hydrant that runs water into the small pond and then waterfalls down into the larger pond 3
  • Stone terraces and flowers.  An old Tractor seat serves as a seating area for rest time. 1
  • Stone path, ponds, birdhouse, bird feeder, and more 2
  • Pond area with waterfall
  • Large Pond...not done setting rocks around the edge.
  • Small pond, not done setting stones on edge of pond
  • Rock Garden with ponds, driftwood, old hydrant, etc
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My Rock Gardens

We live on a farm in Southwest Iowa. Our farm fields have underground springs and rocks are constantly coming to the top and so we have to go and pick up the rocks out of the field in ...»
the spring before planting or in the fall after the harvest. All of these rocks have come from our fields.

Rhonda Thompson Leonard
Rhonda Thompson Leonard Logan, IA
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    You're welcome Rita F...happy repurposing!
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