Lamps

Did I ever show you this lamp?  There are actually two of them.

The pair sit on a table behind my couch.

Don't you just love fun, lamps?

Welcome Home,

Penny

Frequently Asked Square Foot Gardening Questions

If you have been following this blog you will know that I garden organically using a modified version square foot gardening method combined with companion planting and a bit of the Mittleider method tossed in. The square foot gardening method is a modified version of the French high intensity gardening method and popularized by Mel Bartholomew. Mel Bartholomew answers the most frequently asked

Jelly Cupboard Build Day 5

Who knew it would take so long to build this thing.  Well when you only get a few hours in the shop a day it can take some time. 

I was able to get the face frames attached today and spent some time dry fitting all the other components. 

Here I am testing out the back slats.  I had to fine tune them a little to get them to work well.  I am pretty pleased.    Here is what things look like from the front side.  You can see how the Ship Lap slats give it a unique look and feel.  One thing to note if you do plan on a project that uses this type of back you will want to paint the individual pieces before permanently installing them.  The wood will expand and contract from season to season so those joints through out the year will be different and if they open up and you painted it while it they were close then you will see bare wood.  Plus it’s much easier to get in between the joints when they aren’t installed.  This is the bottom face frame plate.  There will be a kick plate on the front of this.  There is a 1/4” reveal on the bottom shelf.  That will provide a stop for the door on the bottom.  However I didn’t pay attention enough to the plan and didn’t allow for the same reveal on the top face plate.  So the door could technically push through.  I have a fix for this and will show you that when I come to it.  Some of you probably already know what I am going to do.  Let me know what you think I am going to do.  Anyway.  This is the uncut kick plate, there will be and nice arched cutout on it when I am done.  I should hopefully get that done in the next few days.  The plan calls for a round over on it.  I can’t decide if I want to do that or just knock the corners off with the sander.  I am going for more of a primitive look than a country look maybe I will cut a second kick plate and do it both ways and let my wife decide.  Here we have the final dry fit shot of the night.  The top.  I clamped up the back and roughly centered the top.  Then it dawned on me that hey I just built a book shelf.  That was easy.   That is it for now.  In the next couple of nights I need to finish sanding the whole project to 220 Grit, build the door.  I need to order the tin and the punch tools so that my wife can create the punched tin inserts.  Paint the carcass and the door.  Once we are done with the punched tin then I can install that all in the door and mount the door.  I am not sure how long the process of punching the tin for the four door panels will take, neither one of us has ever done that.  Do any of you have any experience with punched tin?  Let us know…. 

Have a Great Day!

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I'm a Tropicana Mom!

Okay, I've been a bit quiet about this until I got more details, now that I have them I can share them with you.  Tropicana and Momcentral teamed together and has been developing a small team of moms to help spread the word about the new Tropicana Juicy Rewards. Now for anyone that doesn't know about this yet here are the details:
Head over to Tropicana (http://www.tropicana.com/) and sign up for

~♥ My Heart Sings ♥~

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Be Blessed!

♥ Kim

Under Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining

Blisstree hurt many when they were fired (terminated) earlier this month without notice, "effective immediately" is what the termination letter had stated. Now for me this wasn't a first and I must admit at least we got an email notice instead of trying to log into our accounts, getting locked out of forums and getting unanswered phone calls when 451press decided to close their doors. So I'll

Mississippi Prom Called Off due to a Lesbian Couple Wanting to Go

I never thought anyone would call off a prom for anything other than the weather and sometimes the weather doesn't even stop a prom. Just last year Missouri was going to call off a prom, but instead had it relocated after news got out that there was going to be a shooting. It was then very protected, security there and all and the prom goers were very happy. But today in the news I read, "