I was recently asked by some friends to design a window bench for their kitchen. This particular bench is custom sized to 70″ wide, 18″ deep, and a standard 18″ height, however the plan can be easily modified to fit any size.
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I’ve been looking for a project to make use of some really cool ceramic tiles that I’ve collected and decided that they’d make really unique and stylish end tables. First I needed a basic end table design that would be elegant enough for a nicer living room setting, but could also be dressed down for a more casual setting. As with almost all of my plans, I’ve used materials that can be readily found at big box home improvement stores.
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New Coffee Art Series
I’ve been working on a few new pieces of wall art made from coffee importer bags. These things are so cool! I recently picked up a few bags, but wasn’t sure exactly what I would do with them. The visuals on the bag caught my eye and they just have this cool coffee shop vibe that I wanted to come up with a way to experience. Then I ran across another piece of decorative wall art printed on burlap, the two ideas collided and here are my first two pieces…
My summer (and my pathway) got away from me a bit with a few unexpected events that took up a handful of my weekends. But such is life and projects will always be there! So after my brief hiatus, I was able to finish up the project. I’m labelling this “Day 5” and so it is, but it certainly wasn’t 5 consecutive days! I do have longer term aspirations that include raised beds for flowers, herbs and edibles complete with benches and lights, but that will have to wait for more time and more money!
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Making a Garden Pathway: Day 4
I kicked off another weekend by putting a few hours in on my pathway. I’m continuing to make slow but deliberate progress! I’ve made a few decisions that have changed my original plan. First, I decided that I really don’t like the flagstone in the pathway and I plan to repurpose it to build some stairs and a veranda next to the patio by the big rocks. Also, I decided that I really don’t like the bright white pea gravel as much as I’d like a more brown color. Lastly, I’ve decided that the pea gravel by itself rolls around a bit too much, so I want a bed of crushed gravel to create more of a substantial base so that the gravel locks together more!
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Making a Garden Pathway: Day 3
I’m making some great progress on the patio! Getting up and at it before the heat really cranks up is the key, I’m finding out. Even at 7:00 in the morning it’s 80 degrees and at least 80% humidity. I’m soaked with sweat just walking around planning what I’m going to try to get done this morning!
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Making a Garden Pathway: Day 2
Today is actually not the 2nd consecutive day of my garden pathway! I didn’t have quite as much time to invest this weekend and ran into a bit of trouble, so most of my work this time was repairing a section of the path and figuring out how to make a nice terminating end by the fence, which I hadn’t really thought through until I got into it.
I’ve been wanting to build a dresser for some time now and finally decided to take the plunge. After searching for a long time to find one I like, I settled on a modified version of Ana White’s Kendal Extra Wide Dresser. This has an overall clean design and I like the way the drawers are inset into the frame & Ana did a great job with the design.
I’m beginning to think my LG LDF6920ST dishwasher is a lemon. After I fixed the leak in my other post, the door started falling down without any resistance. Obviously something else is broken! But it’s my only dishwasher and the prospect of buying a new appliance just doesn’t get me very excited. And besides, when it works it does a pretty good job.
My LG dishwasher has been leaking water out of the door, leaving a puddle on the floor and threatening to do some serious damage to the hardwoods underneath! After searching on the internet and finding a number of other folks that have the same problem and solutions that all seemed to point to having to buy a new door for it, I decided to do a little reverse engineering and see if I could figure out what was going on. The other common answer for the leaking problem (with the common response being that it doesn’t fix the problem) is a new door gasket. The good news is that I solved my problem for less than $40 using just a phillips screwdriver in about 20 minutes (once I had the part). I hope my solution might help you too.