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Debra L

Desert Hot Springs, CA
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About Me:

I Enjoy doing gardening, refinishing furniture, sewing, decorating my house. also I like to paint the interior rooms of my home( husband has gotten upset at me over this) often!

Favorite area of home improvement:

I'm getting ready to put in some raised flower beds. also, refinishing a walnut dining room table that I found in front of someones house, best part is that it was free!!


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A pile of salvage + a hutch top = a to die for potting bench

My bestie, Liz has been collecting parts, pieces and stuff to create a potting bench. She has been collecting these parts over thousands of miles. When she comes to NC to visit me or in ...»
Texas where she lives. She hauled, shipped and did a carry on for those watering cans. Nothing stops her when she is on a mission and has a vision to bring to life.

The whole piece is comprised of found items. The legs are old porch columns, the top is an old chippy door. The shelving unit on top is from an antique store part of an old hutch I think.

Tammy @ circa-1929
tammy @ circa-1929 Sanford, NC
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old entertainment center turned into a potting shed

took an old broken free entertainment center armoire and turned it into a potting shed

#Bestof2012

Art is beauty
Art is beauty Jenison, MI
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Furniture: Old school desks

Ive got these two old school desks picked them up super super cheap at a yard sale. They are in perfect shape, the seats fold up nicely. Ive dated them to around 1890.I had them for sale on Craigslist, but the only hits I received were from a couple of "clowns" who wanted to send me a "cheque" and have cousin Vinny swing on by and pick them up. Anyway, Im not sure what to do with them. I do not want to paint them. Any ideas would be wonderful!
Patricia W
Patricia W Eugene, OR
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  • Debra L
    Commented on Apr 23, 2013
    I would put them together long ways as one long bench and use the desk top to put drinks on in ...»
    the garden!

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  • Love the vintage look!
  • A link to a tutorial on making an envelope pillow closure is included on my blog.
  • A link to instructions for this book bundle can be found on the post.
  • A tip for cutting a straight line on burlap can also be found on the same post on my blog.
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French Inspired Vintage Pillow (with Free Graphic) and Book Bundle

I love anything French but I especially love it if it has a vintage feel! So I superimposed a vintage image of the Eiffel Tower on a page from a French dictionary from the 1800s to star ...»
in my latest pillow. I used my favorite fabric combination...linen and burlap...to give it added texture. A complete tutorial, including the free graphic, some great tips and instructions for making a book bundle, can be found on my blog.

Debbie @ Confessions of a Plate Addict
Debbie @ Confessions of a... Buford, GA
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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.
Karen K
Karen K Jacksonville, FL
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THE IMPATIEN Dilemma

Whether you are a garden novice or a veteran gardener, you may be aware of the sad fact that our shade garden annual favorite is being denied life by the nasty downy mildew that spreads ...»
all across our nation now. Even if you save your own Impatien seed and keep other garden center plants away from your carefully and lovingly tended imps, you are still vulnerable as this is an airborn pathogen that will stay in your soil from one season to the next. It starts on the underside of the plant where you don't always see it. You won't notice until the leaves turn yellow and fall off, the plant withering and dying. There is nothing as of yet that effectively will combat the virulent attack.

This is my list of alternatives to the dilemma of what to plant to give that same heavenly splash of color in the shade garden.

My top picks are

1) Begonia , green wax leaf, tuberous , angel and dragon wing

2) Torenia

3) Browallia

4) New guinea impatien

5) Diascia

6) Fuschia

7) Balsam

8) Shade coleus

9) Lobelia

10) Euphorbia 'diamond frost'

11) Geraniums

12) Ageratum

13) Caladiums

14) Strobilanthes

15) Fan Flower(Scaevola)

There are a bunch more that will take part shade such as Nicotiana, Salvia, and Sweet Williams.

I will miss the sweet sweet impatien, but while the experts search for a cure, it gives us all the opportunity to step out of our garden box and into the wild new territory of DIFFERENT and awesome plants that will put a smile on our garden faces.#itchingforspring

Easy
Donna Dixson
Donna Dixson Buford, GA
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    Its not a problem here in Palm Springs cali!
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  • Garden pavers and some pea stone.  Hose it all down after a night of wood burning fun.

http://www.recapturedcharm.com/2010/06/fire-pit-patio.html
  • Last year we added a couple more chairs and a new fireplace.

http://www.recapturedcharm.com/2010/06/fire-pit-patio.html
  • Cut a circle the size you want your patio and remove all grass and dirt to about 6 inches down minimum 

http://www.recapturedcharm.com/2010/06/fire-pit-patio.ht
  • After the circle is cut and the grass/soil removed, we laid down some landscapers cloth. The cloth was then covered in limestone screening.
  • An edging stone was used to keep everything contained at grass level. Plastic edging at garden area. Fill in with more screening.  Tamper  the limestone down, water tamper again.  Best to let sit a couple of days
  • Arrange your pavers leaving space for pea stone.
  • Fill with pea stone. Landscape around the patio
  • http://www.recapturedcharm.com/2010/06/fire-pit-patio.html
  • In full bloom

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Fire Pit Patio

Building this Fire Pit Patio was the best thing we've done in the yard. We really get so much enjoyment from it. We've since replaced the actual outdoor fireplace and added a couple more ...»
chairs. Easy to do if you don't mind a little exercise! Well worth the work.

For more information on this project go to http://www.recapturedcharm.com/2010/06/fire-...

1 Week Challenging
Lisa D
Lisa D Canada
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The Cloffice Reveal!

The cloffice in my daughter's bedroom is officially done. Come see the finished product!
No. 29 Design
No. 29 Design Belmont, MA
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Pantry Remodel!

Melissa B
Melissa B Forney, TX
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