As a former Girl Scout Leader, 27 years ago, we made these all the times with our troops. I still use them all the time in the garden and my grandchildren use them to sit in the grass and have a picnic and also sitting on the beach at our lake house! It’s an easy […]
Oar Towel Rack
At our lake house the Grandchildren’s wet towels, swimsuits and water shoes are always hanging over the deck railings to dry. I wanted a place to hang them so our view from the deck wasn’t blocked and the grandkids could reach and hang them up themselves. I decided to make a towel rack to hang under the upper deck and […]
Family Trunk into Beautiful Flower Display
Remember the old trunk that I mentioned in a previous post? Well…it finally had some new life put into it and is on full display for us and others to enjoy. This old trunk has been in my husband’s family forever. We have kept it hoping some day to actually use it instead of just sitting someplace out […]
Old Desk Turned Kids Activity Table
Years ago I had good intentions to make over a little desk that I got for a steal at a garage sale. I figured it would come in handy when we were finally blessed with Grandchildren. Well 6 years ago, we moved and that unfinished desk moved with us. But a few weeks ago it […]
DIY Old Window Picture Frames
We purchased a fixer up lake house on Seneca Lake 17 years ago. Little by little we completely gutted it and replaced the windows. We saved the windows thinking there could be some great projects done with them one day. Well our first family vacation with the grandchildren was to Nags Head in the Outerbanks this past […]
DIY Wooden Headboard
Since being retired, I’ve been really busy with the grandkids and other projects, but I have also been home more than I have ever been understandably. This year I really want to create a space that I love being in, not just living in. Starting with our bedroom. The first project was painting and once […]