From Dump to Glorious

So, unless you are new to my blog you know I have undertaken the biggest remodeling project in the history of man (or so I think). Just me and the Mr. Man taking each room to the frame and then back up again. He's in charge of everything going in, and I'm in charge of finishing everything from drywall to floors. We're not moving very fast, but at least, we have moved onto the kitchen.

Most of the cabinets have been torn out, and the subfloor has been replaced. Now it's just matter of finding the time to put back. My current project has been put in. I made him do that after he got everything else ready to go.

I'm a big fan of old and antique looking. I like to find things that can be saved and just need a little love. This project happens to be an old French door I rescued from the dump. My dump door. I loved it even though the Mr. Man did not. I won out of course.

Here's one side of the door that hasn't been refinished so you know what the before was.




Good bones, but so obviously needed someone to take the time to make it beautiful again. Enter Miss Jewel.

I gave it a light sanding then stained it with a dark stain. I have this thing with dark wood. Just eat it up. Wa la!




Isn't it beautiful?! And so fantastically easy to do. Just time consuming. Can't wait to see it with the cut glass doorknobs for it.

Home Improvement Roundup- Garden Style

Time for another installment of Home Improvement Roundup. This one will be a quicky. Just a little peek into one of the things that I have been doing on my so-called summer vacation.

I have gotten a pedestal sink for my bathroom remodel so that will be coming sometime in the near future, and I stress sometime. Tiling and siding will also be future installments.

The pics are of my new and improved garden. One is a sort of before pic. It is actually the other side, but that is pretty much what it all originally looked like. One pic is what it looks like now, and the other is my new walkway that I am currently adding. Check out the awesome leaf stepping stones I got. The rocks are a great addition to any garden. I like them because they just have a really clean look about them, and they help hold the moisture close to the plants. I have some beautiful pepper plants, lilies, double impatients, a gardenia with the same name as me, musk melons, and some beautiful ornamental sweet potato vines. I'm really quite proud of myself because I have not lost a single plant. Most of the plants are annuals, but it helped to plan out where I wanted plant placement so I can add more perennials next year. I will definitely be adding more vegetables and herbs. Tip on the vegetables and herbs. Just add a few right in with your common flower beds. They really don't take much more care than your regular plants.