My DIY Project

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Last weekend I walked the shore line just steps from our friends cabin on Battle Lake. I found treasures. For a change I didn’t pick stones. I was distracted by the driftwood. I had a vision. A plan. A DIY project. I found 3 small pieces of driftwood  Exactly what I was looking for to … Read More

Latest project

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The latest finished project here at The Cottage was turning a garage sale find into a wine storage piece of furniture. I started with wood, black, cubbyhole box. You’ll have to use your imagination on this one — I failed at taking a before photo. I repainted the box with Sherwin Williams #7008 – Alabaster. … Read More

DIY PROJECTS

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When you are married to a DIY Guy and you go to things like Flea Markets and Gold Rush you always bring your camera.  You bring your camera because inevitably there will be things that you don’t want to dish out the dough for — because your DIY Guy can make them for you.   I … Read More

Current Project

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My “baby” sister turned 39 this month….and probably will always be “39” from now on.  Or is it 29? Either way….she’s 11.5 years younger me — the brat. For her birthday, I took lots of pics of her kids in Shirts that my Baby Girl made.  I also took pic of her and her hubby … Read More

Saturday

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The guys finished installing the pavers on the patio!  Still have a couple more steps to go…but we are in the home stretch – and I can hardly wait to start planting and “setting up”! It‘s hard for me to comprehend a saw  that can cut through brick It‘s amazing how much dust it puts in the air! Nate had an eager assistant who also happens to be a great nurse-in-training (she was very … Read More

Screed

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We’ve finally arrived at one of the more fun parts of installing a patio — tonight we actually started laying the pavers.   — pavers are set on top of a 1-inch layer of sand To get that one inch layer exact, DIY Guy had to screed the sand. Don’t feel bad, until the other day, I … Read More

Two Favorite Men

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Can I just say that the men in our family rock? It’s a labor of love I’ll tell ya Digging 300+ square feet of space 9 inches deep So mama can have a patio / new entrance  in the front of the house! I absolutely love watching them work together….especially since the more they work … Read More