It's Time To Go

I'll be shutting down the Homestead soon to concentrate on my new hobby of sewing and also to get back to my classes.  Come fall I'll be carrying a full load on campus and won't have much time to do anything but keep my nose in the books.  In the meantime just one class during summer semester.  There are a few other things in the mix that I will be wrapped up in but will keep a big ole "shhhh" for now since it's not set in stone yet.  It was fun while it lasted folks.  Thank you for reading my posts.

Peace out.... :-)

Master Bedroom redo...kinda

Welp...I cleaned out a lot of junk over the past week or so.  It feels good to get rid of STUFF that's just laying around not serving any purpose.  The bedroom is pretty much done the way it's going to stay for a while.  We still need to build the wall unit shelving and work desk.  This will happen next month.  In the meantime, here's the bedroom all cleaned out.  I built a headboard this evening as well.  I thought it looked more stylish with cleaner lines than having a mantle type headboard.  I made this one from extra plywood we had, some batting, and decor fabric.

Here's the rest of the room...

Have a great weekend everybody.  Be productive and creative but most of all...have fun.

:-)

Dreaming of Spring

It's that time of year to start thinking about what we'll be doing in the yard.  Up to this point the majority of our time has been spent working on the inside of the house while the outside looks like it has been abandoned and unloved. Here are a few pics I found online of some ideas I have floating around in my head.  Not sure yet of the layout or the order that things will get done but I have a feeling this will be a work in progress for a few years to come...

 A potting table to work at out doors....

 A cleaner and more discrete trash area...

A pergola to the seating area of the yard...

 Some dragonflies made from ceiling fan blades and table legs that I've been dying to make...

 A hanging bed to put under the pergola...possible even a hammock...

 Really would like to do this on all of my walkways...will have to invest in a chainsaw...

Window boxes for about four of the windows...not sure what type of flowers will go in them yet...

Lattice type trellis' for climbing roses....

Closet Make Over

We have spent the past 24 hours making over the closet.  I so wish I had taken pics of it before it was emptied.  We could barely step inside to get anything.  It was filled to the brim with junk.  Crafting junk, clothes junk, shoe junk...you name it...it was in there.  Here it is when we finished taking everything out.  I decided the walls needed to be painted and definitely the floor needed some lovin as well.

Here it is after we painted it a light yellow on the walls and a gray floor paint....

All of my bags are organized on the shelf and I now have a place to sit and put on my make up.

Industrial Rolling Storage Box

We had some press board and angle irons laying around so Steve and I decided to build an industrial style rolling storage box to store the piggie and doggie food instead of having it sit on the floor of the pantry.  This is very functional and it looks cool.

Our next project that involves angle irons will be a shelving / desk wall unit in the bedroom.  I'm planning on that being 8' high and 8' wide with 12" to 18" shelves and desk.  It's still in the planning stage so it will be a month or so before it's completed.

It's raining today so now that we are finished with the storage box, I think I'll ride out to Lowe's and price a few things for the next project, which will be a pantry makeover.

To be continued....