I finished the antique dresser I was working on. I have the original hardware back on. Some of the hardware holes had been filled with dowels and I had to knock those out. Otherwise they went back to their original places easily.
The picture makes the dresser look too shiny but in reality […]

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Busy, busy. I got my house-number sign restored, repainted and back up.
Since I’m limited in what I can do because of a (hopefully temporary) knee injury, I’m tackling a project I meant to do long ago. When my husband’s grandfather died we rescued a dresser that was used in the garage as a […]

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I posted earlier that I would let you know what product I used that worked good for me. I have tried several products that are made for the outdoors but the only one that actually worked through our cold winter snow and through humid heat of the summer (and got full sunshine) was Varathane […]

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While vacationing in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho we stopped at the “Old Mission” which is the oldest standing building in Idaho. What was going to be a quick walk through ended up being a 3-hour adventure as we stopped to marvel at their handiwork done with barely any tools. Below is the story of the […]

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