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Mike F

Phoenix, AZ
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  • Mike F
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  • What I bought- we added the plywood and the dumpster when we jacked up the house to replace the rotten sills. 10
  • The back. This looks pretty scary, but it never occurred to us to be afraid at the time.
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Coastal Shingle Style Cottage Resurrection

I would say this was a makeover but that wouldn't do this project justice!

Here in New England, we don't condemn homes, we call them historic. When we stumbled upon ...»

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Danielle B Middletown, RI
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    There is genious in this house. From the drift wood hand rails on the stairs, to the light ...»
    fixtures inside and out, to the color palate! I want to move in!

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Coastal Shingle Style Cottage Resurrection

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    Awesome Dining room light fixtures!
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  • Japanese pagoda, I made with concrete and plastic pots as moulds. 10
  • A view from my upper deck 3
  • This will become a path light. 1

The Japanese garden pagoda I built by using plastic plant pots and cement.

I collected plastic pots of different shapes and sizes, cut the bottoms off, slit them up one side and taped the slit back together. filled them with concrete and then removed the pot by ...»
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Patty S Sturgeon Bay, WI
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    Commented on Jun 17, 2012
    I am pretty sure this is...AWESOME!!!!
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  • filled up, had to move some outside, the plants did way better than we thought,so we movd some outside 4

the green house my husband made from mostly all recycled stuff!!

he is a carpender by trade, one jobs he was on was take doen a building,he asked his boss if he could have the windows and some of the wood,he worked overtme to "pay" for them,this shown ...»
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Janet D Berlin, NH
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    Commented on Jun 16, 2012
    Dang! I miss tomatos! My die too soon here in Phoenix!
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Gardening: What Can I Plant?

As mentioned on a previous post, our back yard was trashed when he bought the house. What in the world can I plant in these tight areas? We're painting the walls and I have the great ...»
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Leslie D Las Vegas, NV
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  • Mike F
    Commented on Jun 14, 2012
    Most of the plants that people are suggesting like hosta, liriope, etc will burn up in the ...»
    desert. Go to your local Home Depot or other garden center and ask about the toughest desert plants you can buy. withall the cement reflecting heat and little planting space, keep to tough, easy to maintain,clean plants near a pool.

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Can anyone tell me what kind of plant this is?

What kind of plant is this? It grows where alot of yuccas grow(hot and dry). I dug it up a month ago and planted it in my flower bed. It has a thick stalk like garlic and it isn't a bulb, it has roots. Thought it is pretty.

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Sherry C Mcloud, OK
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    Commented on Jun 12, 2012
    I have planted a whole bed of it here in Arizona. Grows great! We call it Ruellia.
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  • Kitchen floor before!! 1990's ceramic tile..old, gross, hard and cold!!
  • Kitchen floor after!! Went with renewable cork flooring!! 5

Kitchen floor upgrade.

We had a water leak last summer and many of the kitchen tiles came up, and with no way to replace them, we went with the new floor. It's Cork, and I love it!! Except for the cats that ...»
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Jan P Windsor, CT
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    Commented on Jun 12, 2012
    I was debating on flooring and was between ceramic tile, saltillo tile and cork. Saw cork at ...»
    a friends house during a party and liked it. Have questions about durability in the kitchen and bathrooms. Any opinions?

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Painting: Help need ideas from the all knowing Hometalk clan!

The guestroom had pink paneling in it when I bought the house. The very first thing I did was rip it all down without thinking it through. It was glued to the walls. Short of taking the ...»
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Carroll A Coos Bay, OR
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  • Mike F
    Commented on Jun 09, 2012
    Pardon the photo skills, but these may give an idea as to how the room turned out.
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