Reuse of a door

We can mark off another thing on the to do list.
When we did our kitchen remodel in 2007 we removed the swinging door between the 2 rooms. I had an idea to make a hat rack/bench with the door and an end table.
The end table was made by Father Kruse from the church doors of St.Mary's church in Williams Iowa.
He made several sets of end tables and coffee tables. We bought the set,of 3 that had the small window in each piece,for our family room. The room is now a sewing room and we do not use the tables there any longer. The coffee table is now a counter in the outdoor kitchen.The one side table is in a bedroom.The other we used for the seat of the new hat rack/bench. It fits the space in our small front entry. I love it!

First,picture is the table. See the little window.The church doors were oak , very heavy, thick doors. I had it decorated with a few things not knowing we would finish the project.
One is a little witch doll I finally finished last week. Poor dolly had not clothes for 6 years.

 Next is the swinging door we were going to sand it down but the patina of the 100 year old door was just to good to mess with.

 The arm rests were from boards I had from the Alden library remodel. It is hard to see but there are 2 brass hat hooks.One on each side.

Of course I had to decorate a bit. Love it! Have a great week.j
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Enchanted Acres

 A few weeks ago we took a Sunday afternoon ride to see what the newly oped Enchanted Acres was all about.What a great new place. Great place to take the family.Check it out EnchantedAcresIA@yahoo.com

The view out my door.

I love the new doors in the sewing/family room.The doors allow me to see out to the back patio.I put a few fall decorations out there along with the door frame and flag.I added some candy corn lights so fun!

 This past week I did more tomato juice.I also tried my hand at salsa.I used several recipes I found on line.Combined things we like and got a good response from Mr.T.

I got out fall decorations.One of my favorites is a large pumpkin made for me by my friend Judy.

The zinnias were beautiful this year.

I cut a few and put them with the chalk board.I do love pumpkin things.I'll share more another day.
We are celebrating Mr.T.'s 50 class reunion this weekend.Fun seeing old class mates.
Have a great weekend.j

Wexford glass

Last week a friend gave me a small wexford bowl. I was thrilled! I have many pieces but no bowl this size.I'll share a few pictures of some glass.Thanks Carol!!!

I also made a table topper/wall hanging.Thanksgiving will be here before we know it.


One side

 The other side











Our sweet girl,Ziva is growing so fast.Hard to believe she is 7 months old on the 20th.
Have a good week j

Camping at Little Wall Lake.

What a beautiful 4 days we had. BEFORE the heat arrived. We have cancelled our labor day camping because of the heat.As you can see Ziva has a puppy pen. It did not take her long to go over the top but she is ok in there as long as we are outside with her. Of course when her other mother Mikki is around she wants OUT. There was only one bad thing.That was the dust from the road in front of our campers. Will not camp there again unless they oil that road.
Hope u are well.j

Shopping finds.

After the guys got the new doors in the sewing room I did some rearranging and a lot of cleaning.My fabric will never be neat and tidy like some I have seen. I dig around in it to much.But it is all on shelves now and what I can see I use. My tread mill is still in this room.I hope that will be an  incentive to use it.

The new doors are wonderful.They let in a lot of light and it is nice to just sit and watch the birds. We made a small patio out the east side.I added a couple of chairs and some plants.I'll share pictures after I am finished decorating out there.

We had a great 4 days at Little Wall Lake. We went to the antique mall in Story City Ia. I found a few treasures. A tiny walking doll,a nine patch doll quilt,a doll mirror,a pair of wexford candle sticks,a sewing kit,a pair of baby shoes and a God bless America pin. I also got a 3 tired shelf but it is still in the back of the car so no picture yet.

We then went to a new fabric shop in Jewel.Sew bee quilt shop. It was worth the trip. Orange and green fabrics to add to my stash.A sunbonnet Sue stencil.We will be going back there for sure. Have a great week.j

Doors,Flowers and Ziva

 The guys got the doors in.

Last weekend no.1 DD brought me roses for no reason. Thanks Beck.They are beautiful.

 

 Ziva loves her blanket.Hope you all have a great weekend.j

Pond redo 2011

I have been asked to post pictures of the pond.The first picture is how it was.It was good but had no place to sit to watch the fish.Mr.T. didn't like the way I did the limestone and thought we needed the stacked blocks.

 Along the side of the house to the pond.We took out the berm and hauled away all the dirt from when I dug the pond.It is now the flat area you see where the heart is.Thw metal bench is now a perfect place to sit.

 Pedestal sink covered with hypertufa.The ball on top I made with 2 plastic bowls.Taped them together.Put a hole in the top poured in the tyfa.Poked a wooden dowel in and kept turning so it did not seize up.Ran the hose through the ball and the water trickles down over the ball

 Hypertufa spillway.The black pot is the bio filter.Plants clean the water. I took the pictures after a rain.Water was a bit cloudy.

Hypertufa leaves and hypertufa 2 1/2 ft. planter set in the pond.