Front fence! it turned out great :) This was a several day project, but the impact is huge!We marked out where we wanted the fence then I used a post hole digger to dig out the holes.We then put the cedar posts in and cemented them in. We kept checking that they were level all around as they dried.The next day we measured and cut pieces of cedar out section by section. Then attached the…
We have a nice mid century bed frame, however its slick and hard. Even with big pillows they always seem to slide around.I saw something similar to this in a movie and thought it was a great idea!I found a vintage Peruvian blanket off of Etsy.supplies,Peruvian blanketthick battinglinen fabricvegan leather strapssewing machine If you sew you can probably asses that it was a very basic assembly…
The day we moved in I knew I was going to have to put a runner on the stairs for one of our pups, Daisy.She has no grip on stairs or wood floors really. Normally the runner would just get tucked under the bottom stair but she needs something to push off from. oh little daisy!I had ordered several rugs and had them all ready.I picked jute rugs with a black twill border. I could not find one rug tha…
So we walk from our back door to the garage ALL day long and when its raining and you have to unlock the door with a huge pile of clothes, you get soaked. Did I mention we live in the northwest?We needed an awning! I would love to put a metal roof on our house to modernize it at some point so hey, lets do metal!It took me awhile to find the right size and style but its looks so much be…
The front yard of our house is a bit small and pretty open and had way too many rose bushes . We wanted to put in a fence closer to the sidewalk but in order to do that we had to put in a small retaining wall. Our yard has a small slope out to the street. I am trying to make this northwest craftsman a modern California looking craftsman:)This was by far the hardest project I have ever done.…
As I have mentioed before we live on a fairly busy street and unfortunately we get deliveries at times when are not home so we wanted to make the porch a bit more secure ( Yes, we have a ring camera.). We hear everyday about somebody following the amazon or UPS truck and stealing boxes right after they drop stuff off, so we wanted to create at least a bit more of a barrier.I used masonry screws an…
