It is July and summer is half over!
Ha ha...I started this post a month ago. Now August is coming to a close. Summer is almost over, but I can say that I stretched my comfort zone. My husband will be thankful for the end of my projects. It was kind of like Phineas and Ferb every day. I still think their summer adventures might be more "fun"! My children helped as you will see below.
Look for STEAM posts soon!
Here are the top 3 that you might find of interest:
1. We cleaned out a overgrown scrappy patch to create a garden. This was heavy and messy, but we do have a small garden growing. Beans and tomatoes are doing best!
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| The "before" picture of the garden |
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| Just planted in June...look for a current picture soon |
2. Build a bench from the blocks from the garden project. Thanks Pinterest for ideas.
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| Cleaning the blocks before my 7 year old got the power washer out! |
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| Scraping off moss, mud, and more! |
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| Bella sealed the boards with a clear coat. |
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| The bench! |
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| The beautiful backyard |
3. Barn demolition - well more of a cosmetic face lift before construction begins. There is a great old horse barn that we hope to turn into a meaningful space eventually. This was a huge project including filling an 11 yard dumpster with debris and old build material and animal feces.
We did salvage an amazing picnic table in the process.
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| Barn condition |
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| All cleaned up |
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| Loved eating dinner, visiting family and friends here, and watching my children explore. |
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| THE BARN |
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| Removing old paneling and styrofoam "insulation". |
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| The ugly ceiling that needed ripped down. |
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| These are the sheets that were on the ceiling then covered in white tiles seen here. |
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| The ceiling is solid, dry, and, beautiful without the ugly tiles! |
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| Attic was next |
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| Digging through history! |
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| Found on 7-8-19 |
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| We can see potential now! |
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| Mostly cleaned out |
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| The 11 yard dumpster |
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| Epic box burn pile |
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