Wednesday, November 22, 2017

November Projects

I'm sure you think we've just been sitting around enjoying our log cabin. Well, that's true, but we have completed some projects.
1. We put a railing on the front porch so people won't jump into the flower beds for fun and little ones won't ride their toys off the edge of the porch.Notice that it gives it more of an outdoor room feeling.
2. We added more shell to our entryway. With all the extra rain we have been having this fall with the hurricane season, we've had some trouble getting through the water without getting stuck.
Bubby thought we were doing it 19th Century style and said we should use at least 20th Century technology so he brought his tractor over and taught us old dogs some new tricks.
3. We helped Joe with some projects at his new home. We took our saws and equipment down to Orlando and helped repair the pergola in his entryway. When he took down the overgrown bourgainvillea that was engulfing the house, he found that some of the boards were rotten, so we took them down, trimmed off the rotten edges, repainted them and reassembled the pergola.
Energetic Heather decided to reclaim the wood from the pallets that came with their new floors. With Debbie's help (Debbie is our family expert on recycling pallets to beautify a home), they took apart the pallets, I cut the boards to the right length, and they attached them to a wall in the back entryway mudroom. Heather plans to sand and whitewash the boards and then attach hooks and shelves for storing shoes and coats.

3 comments:

  1. We recently cut away some wisteria trees that had overgrown our pergola. My folks were here last week, but unfortunately it was too cold and wet and snowy for dad to help us stain the wood for the winter. The warmth returned today... after he's headed home. The backyard looks so much better, and bigger. I hope Joe got similar results.

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  2. Wow, those are some amazing projects you've completed. I'm very glad to see you are staying active and it looks like it is keeping you (and your children) very happy as well. Bien hecho!

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