I love how they look in the dark, and they are really easy!
With cotton kitchen string, jars, and LED votive candles, with remote!
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| Crocheted loops for the deck posts |
Sunday, May 17, 2020
We Did a Pretty Thing
Laura gave me this wonderful idea for little "lanterns" for the back deck, and I made them up!
I love how they look in the dark, and they are really easy!
With cotton kitchen string, jars, and LED votive candles, with remote!
I love how they look in the dark, and they are really easy!
With cotton kitchen string, jars, and LED votive candles, with remote!
Staircase Project
We are finally free of the nasty carpet on the upstairs starcase!
Tim is making great progress this week, as it was his week off.
I have wanted to see what was under it, in hopes that there might be actual wood that might be reclaimed.
There was!
It is so exciting to see it coming back to life.
There are only a few spots that really were problematic. The bottom step was broken and had to be glued, and one of the middle steps had started to come apart and the planks had separated. That was glued as well.
The grain is really pretty! I am excited to get the last picture, but here is the progression...
Tim is making great progress this week, as it was his week off.
I have wanted to see what was under it, in hopes that there might be actual wood that might be reclaimed.
There was!
It is so exciting to see it coming back to life.
There are only a few spots that really were problematic. The bottom step was broken and had to be glued, and one of the middle steps had started to come apart and the planks had separated. That was glued as well.
The grain is really pretty! I am excited to get the last picture, but here is the progression...
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| Carpet coming off! |
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| Real wood, but in bad shape! |
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| View of risers |
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| Starting to sand |
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| Getting there! |
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| Paint touched up |
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| All done! |
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