I can't be sure about this, but I think that most people, when they want to do a project around the house, tallly what it will cost then go buy materials and begin the project.
That's not the way it works in our household; we usually wait till the materials . . . . . materialize, then we make plans to use the materials for this or that.
When someone gave Bill some wonderful hefty 2x10's last summer, we decided to use those boards to build a deck. Stakes for the new deck were soon in place, and the project was underway.
The plan was to eventually put a door of some sort that would lead from the new deck into the dining room. So while the deck went up I put the word out that we were looking for a sliding glass door. The planning stage is always my favorite part of any project, so I had fun checking the prices of new doors and thinking about how I could avoid having to buy a new door.
The deck was soon in place, and I did find a door - but that's another story for another day.
And of course we'd need to add a tree to the landscape, too, eventually, for shade. I love the way one project feeds into another one.
I love the whole process.
Oh, oh! I also began to formulate plans for incorporating the new deck into its environs......
Plants! We'd need more plants! A happy problem! Something to look forward to as the colder weather started to set in.
The new deck was in by the end of summer, 2011.
Now it was time to start planning for that new door!
To be continued....
We eventually installed a sliding glass door - cut through the stone to add a door where the big window is in the photos above. To see more about the new door, please click this link:
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ReplyDeleteI just love your blog and the things that ya'll have been doing to your home. In our household we too wait for materials to.... materialize.... haha. Recently we've been collecting windows for our pole barn/green house idea. Fortunately we ran across your blog for pole barn ideas!!!
ReplyDeleteThat's it exactly: We wait for materials to materialize. Funny! I wish I'd thought of that. But of course that's one reason why I blog: to get input from wonderful people like you......
ReplyDeleteI read about one woman who snapped up any windows she could scrounge, to make a greenhouse. She then hid them on their property till she had enough windows. Then she told her husband about her idea, and showed him her stockpile of old windows! They soon had a lovely greenhouse.
Do you have any Restore stores in your area? These are stores that sell overflow from donations to Habitat for Humanity. They have windows for sale at these stores, and other yikey stuff too.
Hope your pole barn becomes a reality. Don't forget to take pictures during the building process.
Thanks for your wonderful comments. You made my day!
Susan
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ReplyDeleteThis woodworking book contains a great deal of details about wood working. The book also shows several designs and explanations on the materials useful for different woodworking processes and the directions on completing different processes properly. In other words, I`m happy using this book, specially in the procedure of understading about wood working.?
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