Tuesday, November 26, 2019

Finally A Use For Sweet Gum Balls


We have two huge sweet gum trees in our front yard.
They provide shade, they provide privacy, and
they provide gorgeous fall leaves.
They also provide jillions of gum balls....
I saw these at an antique mall and had to laugh.

Saturday, November 23, 2019

Front Door Problems Solved


 I have had two posts about my front door problems.
I am pleased to say that the new (old) door is in place,
as of last week.  My handy guy Kyle did have to work
about 3 hours to get it all properly fitted however.

 We are loving the look.
We are loving the fact we don't skin our knuckles every 
time we open the door.

We are loving that it actually OPENS.
And we are loving all the light that comes through.

Tuesday, November 12, 2019

OOAK Chandelier


 We were fortunate to have some great weather last weekend
(and have paid for it since -- look at the snow outside!)
There were a few garage sales -- 
and one advertised old doors, old lighting, grates,
baseboards, etc. 

 Some stuff was a little pricey but this little
chandy was only $5.  Why?  It didn't have any crystals.

 It had the holes, but not one original crystal was left.
Now, I knew I had some crystals in my stash --
but would it be enough?

Well, yeah.
It would be enough if I didn't worry about it 
being all matchy, matchy.

So this sweet little chandelier is a one of a kind.
Put together with every shape of crystal you can imagine.
It will eventually grace the master bedroom of the guest cottage that we are going to build.

Blue Hearts & The End Of My Blog

Early on during the corona virus, I did this project. When we put scalloped wood trim on the guest cottage door, we had some of the trim ...