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Putting a Patio in the Front Yard

The lawn is long gone. I tried real hard, honest I did. But then the bermuda grass came, and that was that. But lawn’s are kind of ridiculous anyway; they suck up so much water. So, we’ve decided to put … Continue reading

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Girls’ Dress-Up Closet — Part 2

Made the cuts for the bottom rails. Made trickier than it should have been just because my table saw, a cheap Ryobi, won’t make clean cuts. So I actually made them with my Porter-Cable router, routing off about a half … Continue reading

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Girls’ Dress-Up Closet — part 1

First step was designing it in Sketchup. Download the skp file. Then I laid out the pieces to see how to cut them out of an 8′x4′ sheet of 1/2″ plywood. And cut ‘em out. Next it will be time … Continue reading

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