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How to DIY Your Garden Shed Project
How to DIY Your Garden Shed Project
What should be your first criteria in choosing garden workshop sheds? The first question you should really ask is: "Whats the shed for?" You cant just box (pun intended) a shed for storage; these are as versatile as they can get. You can even build a shed as temporary shelter, use it to bunk guests in for short stays; you have to ensure all the creature comforts are provided for, though. Then again, a shed is first built for functionality, and any secondary uses like accommodation should be considered an afterthought. Theres no limit to the scale of the shed youll build, but youll youve built it too small or too big, either if you have clutter around it or theres so much room youre using it as storage for throwaways.
A Space to Call Your Own
You need the space to build, and it has to be conducive for construction. This is easier said than done if you consider moisture and water sources. Garden sheds are built on top of irrigated soil, and you have to keep the moisture away if you want your shed to last through the cycles of seasons. Make sure you clear a spot on higher ground, away from water sources. If you cant, then at least ensure theres ample drainage around it. One of the many concerns of finding that cozy spot is it compromises accessibility. Even if you lay down concrete foundations for your shed, moisture will still creep up from this to wood, leading to mold, rot, and mildew.
Choosing the Right Materials
With the variety of materials available to you, you have to consider those appropriate to your climate. Some states also enforce building codes on the simplest construction. Yours should comply down to the last detail, both for your safety and for the feasibility of your project. Its fortunate some sheds are built from kits, so you dont have to worry about violating building codes; at the very least, youll have fewer concerns to cover for in construction.
A Feasible, Convenient Alternative
Kit sheds are your best options, in terms of cost and convenience, and youll also have more variety in design to choose from, designs you can build without slaving it out in custom work. This is recommended if you dont have advanced skills in woodwork or construction, but you still cant underestimate the time and effort youll invest in the construction. You can always have hired help if the project is too much for you. Building garden workshop sheds should be a breeze if you go the cost-effective, efficient route. It’s also recommended if you want to spare yourself from the worries of construction.
How to DIY Your Garden Shed Project
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There are lots of packages with excellent woodworking project design on the Internet. Locating one of these plans with effortless woodworking designs can be really demanding unless you seek information to find the correct wooden plans application. Before you start trying to find a wooden plans application with lots of fantastic woodworking project design you need to know what to consider. In this article I am about to cover many of the essentials you need to seek out and discover a wood plans software together with great woodworking plans.
Understand what to Look For!
Youll save yourself a great deal of future severe headaches by understanding what to look for inside a woodworking software. The main question you need to ask yourself any time reviewing these types of different software packages is "what can this woodworking program supply me that means it is worth acquiring?" First off of, what does the program offer? Examine how many designs can be found in the woodworking package deal and see should there be any signup bonuses that come with your package. If thats the case, are these kinds of bonuses additionally found in comparable packages? Otherwise, are the additional bonuses really worth the price variances between the various packages of comparable quality? As an example, a woodworking system called Teds Woodworking Plans provides CAD or perhaps DWG software regarding plan viewing like a bonus. Many allows you to change any of the designs that are included with the woodworking plans bundle or build your own solid wood plans. This resources is a great extra and a should have for anyone that is certainly really serious with regards to getting into your carpentry sector. Other woodworking bundles like Woodworking Several Home as well as My Lose Plans Elite will not offer this kind of bonus and consequently, these two woodworking applications are cheaper compared to Teds Woodworking Plans. In addition to going through the bonuses in addition look at the customer service options to see if the woodworking application offers a money-back guarantee.
Customer Reviews
You can also get a lot of information of a product simply by reading customer testimonials on the item. A great source to discover real customer testimonials is in amazon.internet. You can use this resource to get neutral information on the item which will help you identify if the woodworking product or service if really worth buying. I would recommend that you study at least 10 different testimonials on the product which you are looking into. If you want critiques from many source you will need to do a Search for additional testimonials on the item.
Quick Assessment
To find a woodworking project design with fantastic woodworking plans you need to know things to look for before you start hunting. By doing this youll save yourself a lots of valuable time. Additionally you need to look from customer reviews from the main item website. In case you look at critiques on the major website you will most likely obtain a lot of info that is one-sided in favoring the merchandise. I hope these details makes for an excellent starting point that may help you find a pair of great woodworking plans on your future woodworking projects.
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Unexpected Kitchen Project Kicks Off 2015!
Unexpected Kitchen Project Kicks Off 2015!
Hello! Happy 2015! Lets start the year with a little quiz.... On New Years Eve, and all of a sudden I heard....
A. Fireworks to celebrate the arrival of a new year
B. Party horns and the sound of a fab party
C. The collapsing of dishes in a kitchen cabinet!
If you answered C you are absolutely correct! All of a sudden two of the shelves gave way in the main dish cabinet in my kitchen. The little plastic things which hold the shelves in place all seemed to give way at the same time. Very interesting! And frustrating.
I have always had trouble with this cabinet pulling away from the wall, etc. It is a large cabinet which holds a lot of stuff. Thankfully, nothing broke! I have no idea how that happened but I am extremely grateful! Most of the items in that cabinet have sentimental meaning such as Disney mugs which are no longer available and family heirloom serving plates. But now, I am face with the dilemma of what to do.
It definitely needs to be attended to and I dont want to risk just fixing the shelves and losing all the dishes the next time it decides to misbehave! But out of adversity comes creativity! My head is spinning with ideas!
The area where the cabinet is supported on each side by a microwave and glass cabinet on one side and the pantry wall on the other. So I really dont have to put the cabinet back if I dont want. I have always been intrigued by the concept of open shelving and this would be the ideal situation to give it a try.
Since the area above the cabinets houses electricity for over the cabinet lighting, the top of the cabinet cannot be removed. So as an option, I found this adorable cubby hole system on Pinterest which would work out perfectly! The instructions and blog post on Shanty 2 Chic can be found HERE.
I would make it a bit wider and only one level but it would also free up space in my pantry. WIN WIN!
Then still exploring ideas and options on Pinterest, I found these rustic and cost effective open shelves which I LOVE! These would be perfect! I think I also have a few pieces of stone left from the backsplash to fill in if I made the shelf level with the microwave. The tutorial and blog post from The Woodgrain Cottage can be found HERE.
So I am kind of being forced into jump starting projects for 2015 which isnt such a bad thing I guess. I am going to think about it for a few days before I decide to simply reinforce the existing cabinet or throw caution to the wind and try something new! This is starting off to be an interesting year already! Happy 2015 - I hope your DIY dreams come true!
Unexpected Kitchen Project Kicks Off 2015!
Open Shelving LOVE! Project complete!
Open Shelving LOVE! Project complete!
I just wanted to share my completed open shelving project! A few weeks ago, my large cabinet started to pull away from the wall. So I removed the cabinet to repair it. But once the cabinet was down, I really liked the way the counter space opened up. So I began to research the idea of open shelving. I must say, I absolutely love it! It adds a bit of pop to the kitchen and pop is always a good thing. ;-)
The process of how this open shelving was installed can be seen here.
As a true Disney fan at heart, I like to add smatterings of Mickey Mouse or Disney magic in my projects. Nothing major, just subtle nuances usually known only to me. This time, I chose to cover the dividers in the glass jar cubby cabinets in vintage Mickey Mouse cartoon scrapbook paper. You cant see it from looking head on to the cabinet but I like that it is somewhat hidden.
Here are my shelves decorated for Valentines Day. That chocolate cake is from Hobby Lobby. It is spectacular and looks SO real. It was $30 but came down to $18 with the coupon. LOVE!
The cubby cabinet has worked out wonderfully. I found these chalkboard tags at JoAnn fabrics! I also found a thin tip chalk pen that works like a marker but can be erased at any time. Its very cool.
I like the way it opened up this space in the kitchen and gave me more counter space for tasks.
This space has gone through quite a few evolutions to get to where it is now...
When I first started to redo my kitchen, I was dealing with brass knobs, hunter green formica and honey pine trim!
I painted the cabinet trim white, changed out the hardware and painted the counters to look like granite. For details on that process, please click here.
Next, I painted the kitchen grey blue and added a ledger stone backsplash.
Open Shelving LOVE! Project complete!
Backyard shed project
Backyard shed project
A lovely photographic step-by-step guide to putting up your own shedlike atmosphere in "a tree sheltered canyon in the neighborhood of Mt. Washington" in California by Gregory Han on Design Milk. Heres a snippet:
Friends have mentioned the converted tool shed now reminds them of a Japanese teahouse, a poolside cabana, or a treehouse. That such a small simple space could evoke all these images is a testament to the power of a little paint, some handsome flooring, and a little sweat.--------------------------------------------------------------------
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Ooooh! Re Sale Shop treasures add these to my project list!
Ooooh! Re Sale Shop treasures add these to my project list!
Happy Columbus Day! I am currently on a debt diet and doing my best to stay away from TJ Maxx, Marshalls and HomeGoods (my addictions)! It is SO difficult staying away from HomeGoods, especially THIS time of the year. Fall decorating, spooky Halloween accents and the cusp of the holiday season!
So I ran to the post office on Saturday morning and around the corner is this little resale shop in this quaint little house and I go in there on a rare occasion. It was a cloudy, Fall day so I thought, why not, I will go and see what she has. MISTAKE! (Well, not really).
The first thing which caught my eye were these pheasants. I love birds and Fall tablescapes so I thought they were really fantastic. Came to see that one of the tails was chipped so she came down to $11.00 each - even though the other bird was in perfect condition. I cannot wait to walk around the house November 1, when all the Halloween decorations are down and find the perfect place for them!
Then I found these gorgeous canisters for my sister! Normally, I am not a huge rooster fan but these are so French Country I knew they had to be in her kitchen. They are new - never used and the roosters on top of the lids are a heavy metal. Very lovely. She was a little thrilled!
Then I found these and fell in LOVE instantly! They are antique tabletop coach lights. And they have a pull chain with a large decorative ball! (I love pull chains on light fixtures). They are quite old and definitely need to be rewired. The detail on the wood is amazing and even though I did not need them, my sister wanted them for her mantel. Gorgeous! I will post a picture once she is done cleaning and rewiring them. I think she is going to over them very lightly with a gel stain to match the stain on there now. AND they were only $9.99 each. SERIOUSLY! They are going to be awesome!
This particular resale shop has a back yard which she uses to display garden accents and a garage for larger items, things that are particularly dirty or not "shop worthy". So I am walking out of the garage and I find THIS! I dont know what it is but I am intrigued. It looks to be a vintage colonial wall lantern. All I could think was, "NO Tracy - you DO NOT need this!" Its a mess and gross (full of a lot of spiders and ick). SO of course I picked it up and got that sticky spider webby stuff stuck to my hand - EW and so I put it down immediately after snapping a picture and went back into the shop.
Then my mind started to wander to the whole Charles Dickens and Jane Austen era and I kept looking at the picture thinking how this could be very cute done in black and gold but then I decided the last thing I needed was another project.
Then the unthinkable happens. As I am going back into the shop, a group of ladies - very well dressed and obviously out for a day of lunch and shopping - start heading for the garage. A sense of panic comes over me - what if one of them likes my coach light? And then they will ask the others and they will all chime in and tell her how amazing it could be. OH NO! But here I am in running shorts and a hoodie so I am thinking since it was on the garage floor and so dirty and full of spiders and ick they wouldnt want to get dirty and pick it up. SO I casually, but not creepily hover behind them and enter the garage. I covertly slip past one of them and grab the light and exit the garage before I can even be seen - like a secret agent! LOL
Not getting caught up in the whole "I am only buying it so no one else buys it" mentality, I took a few minutes to really look at it and decide if this is something that could work. And even though I wasnt sure, my gut told me to buy it and I have learned to always trust my gut.
I have Googled and Binged and can not find any information on this at all. I love the details and I already took it apart and tried to figure out my process of making this light over. I am at a loss of what to do. I know it is going to be black for sure. And I think I am going to rub it gold. I think the flange going from the mounting plate is too long if I hang this on the wall in my foyer. This is an actual PLUG so I can take it up and down if I choose. I love that!
They have this Edison type bulb in there and it flickers. I was going to change that out but the more I looked at it the more I love it! It has a chimney on top so I wonder if this was a gas light changed out to electric. I can find nothing remotely similar to this! UGH - frustrating. I can usually find anything eventually! The electrical components are LEVITON but that is it. I dont think it is handcrafted.
I dont know if I am going to paint the ring on the bottom solid gold or black and rub it with gold paint.
So in the final analysis, I am SO very glad I purchased this. It was on final markdown and then clearance from that so I got it for $21.00. I imagine it done in black with fresh evergreens and a big tartan bow hanging in my wall to welcome yuletide visitors. I only hope I will have it done by then.
Enjoy your Columbus Day holiday and thanks for the visit today!
Ooooh! Re Sale Shop treasures add these to my project list!
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First day of Fall! Living Room project sanity ensues
First day of Fall! Living Room project sanity ensues
WHOA! I know it has been a while since I have posted anything but I didnt know my last entry was mid-August. WHAT? However, I have been quite busy on a lot of major projects! The major overhaul right now is the living room. And I know what you are thinking - wha??? I thought you were doing the kitchen and the foyer, etc. YES! That is the problem!
When I was a young girl, my parents always told me it was more important to know a little bit about a lot of things as opposed to a lot about one thing. They told me it would make me a much more interesting conversationalist at cocktail parties. Thanks Mom & Dad - it turns out to be quite true. :-)
Unfortunately, I seem to have adopted this concept and applied it to my home improvement projects. I have been doing a little bit of work in a lot of rooms. I need to get one room done and finish it!
This leads me to my current project - my deep dark secret - my dreaded living room! Cue the chilling scream and spooky music. LOL.
Yes - it is time to come clean - THIS is the state of my living room. In its hey day, it was cranberry, mauve and hunter green. You can pause here if your stomach is a little queasy. Being the 1990s it was really a gorgeous room as my parents had custom draperies and furniture but, alas, it has been sitting in a time warp and it became a catch all for all sorts of things. I tore up the carpeting quite a while ago and the pile of stone in the picture has also been sitting there. It was a sweet deal on Craigslist and couldnt pass it up. I always dreamed of a stone wall in this room and it is now a work in progress.
This room needs a TON of work but I decided that I want to have this room done for the holidays this year! A daunting task but I am so motivated. I have all the furniture and items for this room - have had it for quite a while - hence the chair in plastic in the picture above. I just need to paint the walls, the ceiling, the floors, stone the wall, put up molding and put everything in place. Piece of cake, right? YIKES.
I seriously cannot believe I am posting these pictures! I feel so vulnerable right now. LOL I found those room dividers at a Habitat Restore and I am excited to rehab them and put them in place.
The metal lath in place and ready for the scratch coat!
The waterproof barrier and the metal lath prepare the wall for scratch coat and stone application.
Here is the scratch coat complete. I HATE this job but Im glad its done.
Here is the progress so far.... I know I am going to love it! But a long way to go.
So, will I get it done? I am very bound and determined. I imagine watching those awesome cheesy Christmas movies, with my Christmas tree and my cozy furniture as the snow falls outside. It is this vision alone which is my motivation. I saw this sign on Pinterest and I love it. Since I believe I will get this done, I will. I hope to post more progress this week! Happy Monday!
First day of Fall! Living Room project sanity ensues