My husband and I have a problem. He would say I cause it. I say he does 😀 You see, we never seem to manage to finish one project before moving on to the next. Always a new project in the wings.
My husband says it’s my fault because I always start a new project or want him to work on something different. I say it’s HIS fault cause he doesn’t just get at it already and get done with the project at hand!
I would venture to say that we both contribute to the problem. And I’ve wished time and time again that I could just do it all myself. But I’m a wimp and can’t handle big tools (mainly because hubby won’t let me try) and I can’t move and lift like I did 15 years ago (I can blame that on him too – he won’t let me do the hard work – I’ve got a lot to complain about huh??!! Love that man – he spoils me!)
This summer is no different – we have started another new project before we finish the numerous projects that are already started. Travis says we will tackle the rest of this one next summer. Anyone want to put any bets on how long this roof and four posts stands her before it actually becomes a garden shed?
But dream with me a bit. Squint and cock your head just so. Can you see it? Metal siding. Cute old double doors hung on a barn rail so the will slide open. Perhaps a cool old metal sign attached to the gable. Boxwoods, hydrangeas, peonies, the concrete flamingos, lavender, a brick approach, an awning lean-to on one side… It has the potential to be just adorable. If we can finish it before we start on something else, like siding for the house or some other such necessary thing.
This roof and four posts began its life as a protective cover for my Dad’s large fire pit for grilling. Dad then moved it out into the yard and put a sandbox under it. Now that the grandkids are pretty much past the sandbox stage Dad decided it was time for the roof and four posts to go.
He mentioned it to Travis and somehow between the two of them they decided that it would make a good garden shed if it could be moved to our house. The whole thing is made of treated wood so why take it apart and just burn it up?
Sounded good to me! I can use all the storage space I can get! I think Travis was a bit afraid I wasn’t going to go for it by the look on his face when he told me about the idea. But hey, I’m getting good at squinting and seeing the potential of cuteness and usability of stuff. I was all over this one in a heartbeat!
Together my Dad and my Husband figured out a way to get the roof and four posts from my Dad and Mom’s house to our house on the back of Travis’ pick-up. I stayed home. I am just a bit uptight when it comes to hauling stuff in the back of the pick-up. After watching from the cab as my husband hustled to pick up his lost load from the middle of a busy highway, and seeing a rocking chair of mine go sailing through the air after being assured it wasn’t going anywhere, I feel quite justified in my nervouseness about hauling stuff in the back of a pick-up. So I stayed home and prayed it would get here safely. It took them several hours to get this thing secured but they did it. And arrived without mishap. They took the back way home, through the country instead of the way we normally go. I think Travis was quite relieved to get home.
They spent a bit of time getting the thing lowered, but once it was on the ground the truck drove right out. And there it sits just waiting its turn in the line-up of projects around here. It falls in somewhere after finishing the stairway, finishing the laundry room, finishing the bathroom cabinets, finishing the living room woodwork, new windows in the kitchen…
It will happen when the mood strikes, money is available, and when I figure out how to make it HIS idea to get going on it 😀
Now if we could just get our a/c unit installed we could move on to that list of projects and perhaps mark something off it! Because you know we will be adding some new project by next year!
Sew a Fine Seam
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How many engineers does it take to… I’m laughing at the brainwork that went into THIS haul.
LOL! Well, I guess it takes TWO engineers! And these 2 are so funny together. They both have their own ideas and of course they are always 2 different ideas! If you know a Mr. Steady, you know that you don’t budge them very easy. That would be Travis. Poor Dad had to bite his tongue a few times I’m sure!
I wonder what the people behind & around him thought as they were driving down the road 🙂 I cannot watch as Dan squeezes his way into parking spots, I literally have to shut my eyes a lot. But he has never ever hit anything and always gets in the spot he wants – just makes me nervous to spectate 🙂
LOL! I can just see Dan squeezing in a tight spot and you with your eyes closed!!
I am not so fond of hauling unwieldy loads either or backing up trailers or watching an end dump trailer go up,up,up in the air as it dumps its load. Braveness is not my forte.
Glad the load made it and I can see your vision. It will be lovely!!
I am such a pessimist – I always think of all the things that might go wrong!
you two sound just like Peabody and I we had a lot of things on our list then God blessed us with a fire yes blessed. now the list is longer but one thing that we could mark off is my sewing room got that done this year.
Glad you consider a fire a blessing! There is good that comes from all things, huh?! A sewing room finished is a great thing!
I rode along behind as this load made its way to your house. I will admit I had to look away sometimes and was thinking “slow down!” sometimes and breathed a prayer of thanksgiving when it arrived safely. It was amusing to watch people who were outside and got to see this load go by. Perplexed probably was the expression seen the most. One man was obviously very amused! It did look as though Travis drove through a covered bridge and just took it with him! Lots of memories connected with that roof and 4 posts.
I was rather glad to know you were following him!
Well. At first I thought your new project was a mobile business of some sort. Like a farm stand in the back of your truck. I thought you had built that thing on there.
But now I see.
I think it’s adorable already! Hang some drop cloth curtains on the sides and call it a gazebo! Put in a little table and chairs – maybe white wash it? Hang some old windows from chains on the sides. . .
I love it! How lucky that T was willing to haul it home for you!
Breida
That would be darling Breida – I may have to do that so it looks cute this summer. But I really do need the storage so I’m sure it eventually will be a garden shed – but I am thinking of trying to come up with a really cute awning or lean-to off one side to put a little picnic area!
It will be darling when done!!!
Thanks Bernideen!
Jill, I can see your vision! It has so much potential…can’t wait to see when (and if-ha!) you get it the way you want 🙂
Susan
Thank you Susan! I’m going to have such fun fixing this think up when it gets to the decor stage 🙂
I can’t wait to see it done….but meantime, I am thinking get the AC working so that you can dream about it in cool comfort! That is going to be darling when done and he did a good job getting that darned thing home! xo Diana
🙂 I’m being stubborn and resisting putting the window unit in our main floor. We have them in the upstairs. We are waiting on some quotes on the a/c unit. Might be waiting till fall when a guy can do it who would give us a good deal. Why is it always about money?!
I think that is the neatest thing!! I love it. I can only imagine how they must’ve looked coming down the street with that thing attached to your truck! LOL! Glad he took the back roads. We’re bad about starting projects and not finishing them either. Hopefully, this one will get started and finished soon.
🙂 He looked like he went through a covered bridge and took it with him! So cool that they spent a morning figureing out how to get it on the truck so we can use it here now that Dad is done’ with it!
Never a dull moment around your house, is there?
Nope, not really! Although sometimes I wish there were – LOL!
lol.. I had to laugh.. that is so my hubby and I. We are constantly starting new projects and old ones never get done.. I get a bit frustrated.. he just rolls with it and it does all work out in the end. I think it will be a fabulous garden shed.. good job!
🙂 If hubby doesn’t get to this one next spring I may just figure out how to use those tools myself – and I bet lowe’s would deliver the stuff I needed that I can’t get in my car!
How fabulous to have that in your back yard as a potting shed, knowing that it once protected your little ones from the harsh rays of the sun as they played in the sand. Very cool. And I chuckled as I read that you were going to have to figure out a way to make it seem like HIS idea to get started on it…ha ha. Reminds me of that scene in “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” when the mom and daughter help the father to “come up with” the idea for her to get a job. So cute! Anyway, looking forward to seeing it in all its glory. I’m sure it will be beautiful!
Debbie
I haven’t seen that movie Debbie – I’m going to have to watch it sometime 🙂 I can’t wait to work on the garden shed – probably next year.
I thin it looks really cute already and it is going t look even better when you are finished with it…..whenever that may be. 😉
Thanks Lisa! I think it will be fun when we can focus on that and get it done!
I thought it was going to be a playhouse for your girls. But a garden shed, oh my I’ve always wanted one and I can imagine it’s charm when you get to put your touches on it!
If the girls were younger we might make it a playhouse. But they are fast getting beyond that stage. By the time we get it finished they probably will be married with kids of their own so maybe we SHOULD make it a playhouse for the grandkids – LOL!
Yay! That is amazing! I can see it all done up so cute for sure, and I wish that was my back yard that that great start to a shed was sitting in. Having it half done when you get it is a big help. I wish I could say I don’t understand about starting new projects constantly, but my world is cluttered with evidence to the contrary.
Liz
Thanks Liz! If there were more hours in the day. Or if we were more than one person. But then I suppose we would just take on more and more and even more started but not finished projects! Happy project finishing this week 😉