Category Archives: DIY

Ding dong goes the cowbell

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Cow Bell Door Bell

Hello, hello, is anybody home? I’m sure that’s how most people feel when the come to our house. It’s like Fort Knox thanks to all the fences and courtyards that surround our house of glass. Sometimes I love it and sometimes it worries me that people might need to “get to us” but can’t. When the gates are open it’s still a mystery to some because this house is so unique and special they can’t figure out that this….. is the door bell.

It’s a small piece of wood (carved by my husband) and attached to a string that runs through ….

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Door Makeover

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Once again a weekend comes and goes and I didn’t accomplish everything I wanted… but not because I didn’t try.
I’m trying to finish the guest bedroom and still need to paint the old hollow core door so I got to work on that.  I just refuse to throw something in the land fill if I think I can fix it or make it look better.
The really sad thing is I took a “before” picture and the old door had a stamp on the end of it that said “October 30, 1957”. Wow, I just thought that was ….

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