Summer projects

Not sure what got into me this summer. Why did I decide to take on so many projects? Not really sure. First project I started was refinishing the kitchen table-oh what a great idea it was until it all went wrong. Luckily my mom help out stripping the table and helping to stain it-until George and I did not like the color. We were unsure what to do so it just sat in the garage for a few weeks. Then George said let's just mix 3 stains together and see what we get and thankfully it turned out well. We went from a honey oak to a dark mocha/cherry oak- only to have Jenna tell us that now the chairs don't match. We are not going to refinish those, we are hoping to find some that might match.

While working on the table project the kids came up with the idea to make the side of our house a secret garden (it was just a large weed patch). Oh another one of those projects that some how I got in over my head. After a week and a half of doing nothing but working on that garden, I finished it (still waiting on our stepping stones and George to make an arbor/trellis). I also had tons and tons of bark delivered for the garden and the whole yard. Many, many wheelbarrows later I finished!!! The ground was hard as a rock too.

This was after we pulled up all the moss, sod and weeds.

lily liked riding in the wheelbarrow