NEW YEARS RESOLUTION 2020

 IT'S A NEW YEAR!!!! TIME TO CLEAR THE CLUTTER FROM YOUR HOME & MIND.
     I HAVE SO MANY IDEAS & PROJECTS FOR THE NEW YEAR, AS OF THIS WRITING 2-5 I FEEL LIKE I'VE GOT A LOT ACCOMPLISHED, BUT A LONG WAT TO GO WITH THE PURGING ASPECT.
     WE ARE DOING AN EXTERIOR HOME REDO, THAT IS NOT GOING FAST ENOUGH FOR ME, BUT THAT'S ME: IMPATIENT ;)



             

  MY WORK ROOM IS LOOKING GOOD....FANCY HEADER

MY COLLECTION OF TRIXIE BELDEN BOOKS......NOW I KNOW WHERE I GET MY CRAZY IDEAS

  THIS WAS A PLAN FOR THE CEILING : SHUTTERING IT, BUT NOT ENOUGH TIME YET, MAYBE A WINTER PROJECT

BEFORE

AFTER

OH DEER!!

WOOLWORTH BASKETS

MY NEWSPAPER ARTICLES I USE TO WRITE

YOUR HOUSE IS NOT A HOME UNTIL YOU MAKE IT ONE

WHO SAYS YOU CAN'T TAKE A VICTORIAN & MAKE IT A MODERN FARMHOUSE....I NEVER SAID THAT.

I HATED TO LOSE THE ARCHITECTURE BUT I'M NOT PAINTING THE HOUSE AGAIN (IT IS BEING RECYCLED SOMEWHERE AROUND HERE)

BEFORE (I KNOW THE GINGERBREAD WAS GREAT)

I MADE THIS FENCE ONE WINTER IN MY BASEMENT IT WAS 50 FT LONG

BACK OF THE HOUSE BEFORE

AFTER

SHIPLAPPED ONE END

FISH TANK BOTTOM WITH A DOOR TOP

EVERYONE NEEDS A FOUNTAIN

AND PLANTS

GOT A GREAT DEAL ON THIS PANEL. DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS GOING TO BE. IT WAS IN A BOX ALL TAKEN APART, THOUGHT WE'D TAKE A CHANCE ON IT.....GLAD WE DID.....WISH I HAD MORE AT THE PRICE I PAID FOR THIS!!

LUV THE WAY THE RAILING TURNED OUT, I DESIGNED IT

BEFORE

DURING, HURRY UP!!!

DONE!!!!  I FOUND 4 WOOD PANELS AT A SALE & KNEW THEY'D COME IN HANDY FOR SOME PROJECT.....LITTLE DID I KNOW IT WOULD BE FOR THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE, DOUBLES FOR THE FRONT DOOR & A SINGLE FOR THE SIDE PORCH & 1 TO SPARE (THEY ARE INTERIOR FOR SOMETHING). I'LL HAVE A PLAN "B" WHEN THEY CRAP OUT lol

TRIM AROUND THE WINDOWS WAS TOO WIDE FOR SHUTTERS, SO I SAVED SOME MONEY THERE, BUT I DO LUV MY SHUTTERS, AND I LIKE THE LOOK

WE WERE TAKING PICS FROM ALL ANGLES

THIS IS THE JUT OUT OF THE PORCH, I HAVE 3 FRONT DOORS

THESE WERE USED AT THE GLAMPER

SO WERE THESE

NO DEAD BODIES

THESE WERE MORE ROTTEN THAN WE THOUGHT SO CHOP CHOP THEY WENT

NEW PORCH

39 FT HAND RUBBED BY ME

NEW PORCH LITE & ENAMEL NUMBERS (THEY'RE GIGANTIC)

HAD TO ADD THIS SOMEWHERE

MAIN FRONT DOOR

THE PEAK OF THE PORCH JUT OUT I HAPPENED TO HAVE SOME PIECES OF CEDAR SIDING THAT LOOKED SANDED SO I ASKED THE GUY IF HE COULD USE IT INSTEAD OF WHAT'S ABOVE THE OTHER PEAKS

WE WRAPPED THE POSTS IN WEATHERED WOOD SIDING, ADDED A RAIL & THE CURVED OUT METAL INDIVIDUAL RAILING SLATS

        WE THOUGHT THE RAILING WAS GOING TO BE TOO HIGH, THE OLD ONE WAS 26 & THE NEW 32, BUT IT WORKED OUT, THAT'S WHAT I WAS MOST NERVOUS ABOUT IF THE RAILING WOULD LOOK GOOD.....THEN I THOUGHT, WE LIKE IT THAT'S ALL THAT MATTERS (ISN'T IT)?

I LUV MY RAILING

EVERYTHING WAS UPROOTED & TRANSPLANTED IN THE EXACT SAME SPOT........YOU CAN'T EVEN TELL IT WAS PULLED OUT

ANOTHER THING THAT MADE ME  NERVOUS. I  HAD TO  TO TEAR OUT ALL THE PLANTS & MY MOMS FERNS & CORAL BELLS. WHEN IT CAME TIME TO TRANSPLANT THEM AGAIN (IN THE EXACT SPOTS) THEY DID WELL & YOU COULDN'T TELL I DUG THEM UP. THIS IS WHAT MADE ME THE  MOST NERVOUS......LOSING MY MOMS PLANTS & FERNS

I LUV MY GATES

BACK DECK BEFORE

PUT A GALVANIZED ROOF OVER THE SECOND LEVEL WITH 2 OLD DOORS ON EACH SIDE

AN OLD LIGHT & CORBELS

 

AN OLD CHANDY & SHIP LAP ON ONE END

 PLANTS MAKE EVERYTHING BRIGHT & HAPPY

 

FOUNTANS MAKE EVERYHTING PEACEFUL & CALM

 

LUV THIS FOUNTAIN I MADE WITH A HEAD FROM CT & A BATH TUB FROM WHO KNOWS WHERE, A DOOR FROM SOMEWHERE & FLOATS FROM CT

THIS IS WHAT I ALWAYS PAINTED, I HATED SCRAPING SO I DID A LITTLE BUT BASICALLY PAINTED OVER LUMPS lol  I'M NO REMBRANDT