Our chimney was looking a little sad. A lot of the mortar was gone. Because I was 28 weeks pregnant, I was not allowed on the roof (baby bump throws off my weight a little). So my husband got the responsibly of fixing the chimney. First thing that needs to be done is removing the old mortar that is cracked….
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DIY Sunburst Mirror
I am really excited about this project because I am in love with wooden sunburst/starburst mirrors. I just had to post about it before it has even found a home on my wall. Here is my lovely sunburst mirror!!! After see a couple on the internet, I wanted one and I wanted something on the lines of this example. Image…
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Stopping Leaking from the Outside
One lovely evening it started raining, we decided to go downstairs and make sure there was no water coming into our basement (we do this every time it rains). But guess what, there was… And it was come in from the electric box (middle box where all the power comes into the house) a little scary and not a good thing. Only way…
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How to Build a Sandbox
Our kids really wanted a sandbox in the backyard. So we decided on building one, that was about 4ft x 4ft with a bench and cover. We made the sandbox like we made our garden boxes, see here. Some directions will be found on that tutorial. Also, pictures are not the greatest because of my old camera, sorry… First thing…
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Installing a Garage Threshold
Our garage as a water issue, water comes in every time it rains under the garage door. We started looking into a solution and decided on adding a threshold. But first I needed to clean the garage and it was messy. See the towel, we had to leave for the rain, just sad. I took my Shop-Vac and a bucket…
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