Well now that the old deck is covered up you can see the new deck. Its about 90% finished. Still needs a few things and then stained but that will be next summer.
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Monday, August 3, 2009
VIEW MY HOUSE BEFORE AND AFTER
If you would like to get a feel for what my house looked like before and after, go to my blog archive down the right side. Click on the date 08(19) entries. You will be surprised at what we started with.
Keep in mind this looks like a small house but there are 6 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and 2 kitchens. 2 bedrooms are upstairs, 2 on the main floor, one of which we have turned into a small dining room as I like space in my kitchen, and 2 in the basement. The basement is fairly light and bright and also has a small 2 piece, ancient bathroom and a really sad kitchen. We eventually want to take the little bathroom out and the small kitchen and turn them into a very large Bathroom with a very large bath tub or jacuzzi......but thats another day.......
If you have the time and the money and want to retire, SMOOTH ROCK FALLS, Ontario Canada is the place to come...We bought this house for 25,000.00 in 2007 and there are lots of nice houses here, that don't require the work ours does for under 40,000.00. You can even buy houses here for under 10,000.00! Seriously!
Keep in mind this looks like a small house but there are 6 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and 2 kitchens. 2 bedrooms are upstairs, 2 on the main floor, one of which we have turned into a small dining room as I like space in my kitchen, and 2 in the basement. The basement is fairly light and bright and also has a small 2 piece, ancient bathroom and a really sad kitchen. We eventually want to take the little bathroom out and the small kitchen and turn them into a very large Bathroom with a very large bath tub or jacuzzi......but thats another day.......
If you have the time and the money and want to retire, SMOOTH ROCK FALLS, Ontario Canada is the place to come...We bought this house for 25,000.00 in 2007 and there are lots of nice houses here, that don't require the work ours does for under 40,000.00. You can even buy houses here for under 10,000.00! Seriously!
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Construction of our New Deck over the old foundation
TODAY IS THE DAY! Finally hubby is starting my new deck. This is the long Civic Holiday weekend August 1st, 2009 This is the mess we have right now. As you can see, they built this deck/porch years and years ago, probably in the 50's and it was all made out of concrete. Over the years they have painted it, added outdoor carpet, whatever they could to make it look better.
This is a picture of the horrible mess of carpet outside that has started to grow moss from the dampness and is very slippery when wet. One day I stepped out the door and went right down on my butt
Stay tuned because we will be showing some pictures as it progresses.
This is a picture of the horrible mess of carpet outside that has started to grow moss from the dampness and is very slippery when wet. One day I stepped out the door and went right down on my butt 
I want it all to disappear so we are going to build right over the existing concrete foundation. The top floor and the steps will vanish under the new decking.
Stay tuned because we will be showing some pictures as it progresses.Monday, July 6, 2009
this is the latest stray i have found
He is adorable, so loving and he just spreads himself out across my bed like he was born there....He needs a name
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Want to see my house before we started our work on it?
Go to the index down the right side and click on 08 and see the before and after pics......
Friday, May 15, 2009
NEW FULLY BIODEGRADLE BAGS
These are my own design...featuring 100% cotton mesh and 100% cotton toppers. These toppers add a lot of stability to the mesh portion of the bag along with pretty designs. These bags are meant for large items that are bought at the market by item and not by weight as the bags themselves do add weight. So when you are at the market and they want to dump those potaotes from the basket into a plastic bag, give them your pretty cotton mesh bag. Great for ears of corn, brocolli, celery, lettuce....tons of stuff!!!
It's been months!!
I can't believe it's been months since I have blogged! I was busy getting ready to travel round trip, over 1,600 miles to a big earth day Celebration at a school in ST. Catherines...
My computer has crashed and I am waiting for it to be fu\ixed, as soon as that happens I will post some pictures!
My computer has crashed and I am waiting for it to be fu\ixed, as soon as that happens I will post some pictures!
Friday, February 27, 2009
Great website for all things green!!
I stumbled upon this great site called One Green Earth today on Twitter!
http://www.onegreenearth.com/index.php
http://www.onegreenearth.com/index.php
It has a huge wealth of info and links to take you to all types of green info.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Some new STRETCH KNIT produce bags
I love to scour the fabric shops looking for fabric that will make grea,t long lasting, reusable produce bags! I find this fabric breathable and durable at the same time!!
Friday, January 16, 2009
QUOTE OF THE YEAR
I found a great quote today and I just had to use it in my Etsy shop:
How far must suffering and misery go before we see that even in the day of vast cities and powerful machines, the good earth is our mother and that if we destroy her, we destroy ourselves? Author: Paul Bigelow Sears
How far must suffering and misery go before we see that even in the day of vast cities and powerful machines, the good earth is our mother and that if we destroy her, we destroy ourselves? Author: Paul Bigelow Sears
Friday, January 9, 2009
New reusable Organza produce/bulk bags
I found this cute fabric that is 100% washable and had to make more of the produce/bulk bags.....
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