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Jean M

Valdosta, GA
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  • Before Painting
  • Before painting and the wallpaper was removed; please excuse the mess ;). My nephew pretty well stayed out of my way :)
  • After painting, still a little mess :) 1
  • After paint job, and got up the new decoration and curtain over sink 1
  • after paint job ;)
  • The other end of the kitchen, with the new chair rail :), no I didn't miter the corners, I've yet to learn how to do that, so it looks a little strange, but their all mine :)...I will pull out my dad's mitering box and learn though :) 3
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My Kitchen Redo

I removed the wallpaper from my kitchen wall, and repainted the wall, added a chair rail, and the cabinets, upper and lower. I've decided that if the cabinets ever need that work again, ...»
I'm getting new cabinets installed instead (LOL) and I'm still not finished yet. I've got to get the pegboard that I bought painted and installed over the stove area.

Jean M
Jean M Valdosta, GA on Aug 11, 2012
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    Jeanette S on Aug 12, 2012
    I would think the big box stores, but go on line and find out who carries it. I wish I knew. ...»
    I have seen it on TV but never looked for it. Good luck. In fact, you could bet just about any flat thin like strips of wood and practice measuring and cutting...it would be a lot less expesive. Finds the right way to cut could be practiced on short pieces.

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Painting: Painting a Wall, after removing the wall paper...

I'm removing wall paper from my kitchen wall. I plan to paint the walls, and then add a rail of sorts so the chairs around the kitchen table won't bump into the wall. I'm not sure what ...»
kind of paint was on the wall before my parents added the paper, but I think it might be a semi oil based paint, anyway, is there anything special I need to do to the wall, other than the usual, filling in the holes, smoothing it, making sure all the glue and paper is removed, before add a flat paint ????

I appreciate anyone's suggestions :)....thank you ;)

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Jean M Valdosta, GA on Jun 29, 2012
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    Jean M on Aug 10, 2012
    LOL, not in this house, the handles were just less than 3 inches from screw to screw, I don't ...»
    get it either, So, I did the next best thing, all the upper cabinets got a new single silver knob handle, and one of the holes was filled in. The drawers will receive 2 new silver knob handles, since their holes run horizontally, and one knob looks off set and strange. I'm weird, what can I say. Oh, got the rail up for the chairs, looks pretty good for my first job; I need to learn and will learn how to miter corners...and the wall bows, what's new, so there is a 1/4 inch gap in the middle of the longest board.....any suggestions as to how to fill in the gap or should I just leave it that way. I tried hammering a nail, but it won't hold since I can't really tell how the beams run in the wall; The beams look like they run vertically,

    So, i'm almost done, except for hanging some stuff back up on the walls, touching up the rails and walls, oh, and cleaning up my floor to a somewhat presentable look, I can honestly say, if the cabinets ever need a new paint job, the lower cabinets will not receive it, instead, I will be replacing the lower cabinets with NEW ones, and they won't be needing a paint job PERIOD. (LOL).

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Gardening: Crap GRASS

Ok, it's not really crap grass, just the name I come up to call it. It's a really fine grass in my front yard, I've covered most of it with the rubber tiles in my patio, but I have quite ...»
a bit left over. The grass is really fine, not even worth mowing over, and I can't do that since I've made the mistake of planting canna lillies in it (STUPID< I KNOW), but I still want to kill it to make it easier to dig up so I can plant more lillies or some other kind of plants ....

so my question is what can I put on the grass that won't kill the lillies and dogwood tree in the same area. I've tried the spray stuff that you put on grass surrounding ornamental plants, and it's suppose to kill the grass....it doesn't work on the grass I'm talking about....

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Jean M Valdosta, GA on Jun 08, 2012
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    Jean M on Jun 10, 2012
    yes, you're right, lime helps do away with yellowing in the grass. Luckily, I don't have any ...»
    neighbors around me that have a dog any more. I'm still trying to get rig of the grass since I plan to make a garden area. Thanks, Jeanette :)

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  • welcome post
  • bird house on top of post
  • close up of chain held bench that can hold bird seed or maybe a plant of some sort
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newest addition of welcome sign/bird house/chain held seat

I think this looks like pine or oak, not sure, but it's not sanded and I'm wondering if a waterproof light stain or just a clear varnish would do nicely?
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Jean M Valdosta, GA on May 30, 2012
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    Jean M on Jul 04, 2012
    finally, got it stained and varnished....now just have to dig a hole and get it up. ....
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Painting: Sealing a new untreated Welcome Post

I bought a new "welcome" post with a hanging "bench seat" that I can put a plant in the seat or just put bird seed, since at the top of the post is a bird house, haven't decided which I will do,

Anyway; I have a question, I want to treat it with a waterproof stain or shalac (sp) so it will take the weather of South Georgia, too much sun, heat or too much humidity, and also, the bugs that I'm sure will attack the wood as soon as I put it in the ground.....ANY ...»

SUGGESTIONS for the BEST WATERPROOFING/WEATHER PROOFING and BUG PROOFING :)))).....??????? the picture that is posted looks like the wood on my birdhouse/post.....

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Jean M Valdosta, GA on May 29, 2012
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    Jean M on Jun 04, 2012
    the picture posted here isn't my welcome post; I took a picture of my project and have posted ...»
    it. Thanks for all the ideas folks ;)

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  • My Front Yard Project
  • My new patio

My Latest Front Yard Project

I'm making a sort of "patio" in my front yard with a garden, it's still in the works, need to pull up the grass beside the driveway...it's a bugga boo to do that kind of work. I've ...»
planted some day lillies, canna lillies, etc in front of the patio. I'm still working on the patio, need 6 more tiles (bought out all the existing ones yesterday on Saturday from Lowes)...the tiles are made of recycled tire rubber, so I'm hoping they'll last atleast 5 years before they need to be replaced.

I don't know what is the cheapest kind of mulch to lay down around the plants though...any suggestions? I live in the south, so the biggest problem I can see is maybe increased mold and mildew in the mulch, or would that even happen?

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Jean M Valdosta, GA on May 20, 2012
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    Jean M on Apr 17, 2013
    thank you, CG....I've recently this past fall and winter, tried mowing my grass, which had ...»
    leaves ground up with it, and used it to cover my plants/garden areas....I'm hoping that the ground up grass and leaves will help protect the plants and to help add nutrients to the ground...

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