Zen Garden

Everything I post on here is my own handy-work, so this post is a little different as I didn't have a hnad in this at all. Gardening is really out of my wheelhouse and skill. The front porch area, fashioned by my counterpart, was definitely a step up from what it was (here's the initial work to pretty it up). After a few years it was looking a little tired however and something new that worked better for the space was in order. In only a day, a new Zen garden was whipped up and completed. I think it looks pretty awesome, and with a new bench that was created from a 6x12 beam scrap that we found on the side of the road - the seating is more appropriate and isn't so cramped.  

Before

Looking a little empty now.

After with added plants.

Old seating still there

A close up.

Some nice little mosses in there.

Little gnome enjoying the space.

With more appropriate seat... and bonsai tree.

Another look.

Scrapin' n' Painting

I started back on the nightmare that is the back of my house. Paint baked by the sun over decades, falling off the wood; looking terrible. Extensive scraping and sanding was needed to remove as much of the decaying paint as possible to prepare the surface for new paint. Over the last months, here's the before and after photos, and as it stands, it's not all completely done.

Windowed section all ready for paint.

Just starting on the west section.

You can see the "sanding line"

All done east section (although only one coat so far).

Everything put the hardest the reach sections.

And next, for the toughest, hardest to reach sections. I had to fashion something so that I didn't slide off the roof to my death/limb damage. I call it the roof hook and step. Patent pending...

It kinda worked...