Spring?

Is it Spring yet?

 We have had quite the spring, snow in March and April.

Flash flooding in May.............

So not much time to spend outside.

On one still rather cold day,, we decided that we needed

an outdoor kitchen.  

So doing things up redneck style 

and 

reusing things we already have.

We moved the smoker and BQ behind the wood pile, wall #1

then we went up and got some stumps and made two more walls

then............

We added a bar top and some decorations.

There you have it.

AND....I love how it looks, it fits us to a "T"

The point of this exercise was to give Kirk a 

sheltered place to use the smoker, where the wind would

not suck all the heat away

 (and the winds seems to always come up when he fires up the smoker).

We considered all kinds of different options

but none seemed to fit our needs or budget.

So one afternoon we came up with this idea, and 

within an hour it was done.

Fast and no extra costs, my kind of project.

AND

it does just what we need it to do.  I think we will keep it!

I am back.....I hope.

OH MY, I am finding out I have really failed at posting to my blogs.  What a shame.  I plan to turn over a new leaf........I hope.  With that thought, I am sharing a part of my stairwell.  This reminds me, I have to finish it as well.   OYYYYYYY

Faux Rust

What the heck are these things?

Any ideas?

I will tell you but first come see what I did with them!

Here they are in all there ugly glory

(and I have more of these, that I need to

find a use for, about 30 more)

 I am into rust these days, so I got this faux rusting kit

it is just paint but hey it does a pretty good job.

After some sanding, it was paint time, looking better already.

 Next you put this glaze on, it is thin like milk

 Blot it off with a paper towel

 Let it dry.....it drys fast and WA LA....

Now I have 4 faux rusted containers

 even the insides are done.  After KC drilled a couple holes to hang them with

We added them to our coat area, in the pantry, to hold small

items like leashes, gloves and what not......

Note: my walls are really mauve, but the flash washed them out 

 Here you can see mine, the ones for the other side will

be installed once I get some anchors for them

So, just what are these things, anyway?  They came from a 

telephone company,  they were covers for some of their equipment.   

NOTE:  My father in law tells me...
"They were used to protect the telephone switches from dust or being hit."

When they updated their system,

they were tossed on the trash heap, KC and his Dad knew 

there had to be a use for them, and I finally found one, 

just, what.......20 years later.   LOL.

I do have ideas for the others, one of these days.

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Hugs and Gods Blessing always