Author: mariam

Picked up this free high top table and five chairs

some time back and just wasn’t sure what I wanted to do.

There’s nothing more calming than the tranquil sound of water

trickling from a water feature and I can’t think of a better way to great guests to the house than having one right by the front door!

Now that Spring is here, it’s a great time to start thinking about adding some curb appeal by installing a pond. Ready-made ponds are a great convenience. Here’s one we installed on one side of our front walkway. Head on over to the full tutorial with the lowdown on how we did it!

It is a simple and straightforward task to add a ridgid liner to the garden, but there are other considerations when the liner is going to be up against the edge of a walkway (as ours was). We ran into several challenges and I’ll show you how we resolved them.

But first, if you are installing a liner anywhere else in the garden, here are the general instructions. However, if you want to install a liner that will be intersecting with a walkway (like ours did), skip down to “Walkway Challenges”.

We started with a small kidney shaped pre-formed ridgid liner. It was very easy to install with a few simple tools and supplies (shovel, garden hose, sand, scoop, level). We placed the liner where we wanted it and then, using a hose, we marked out the outline of the shape (you can use marking paint or sand to mark also). We carefully measured the depth needed and also the depth and placement of any shelves we would also need to dig out (we have one shelf in our pond).

So I started my dining room…

Oooooo 800 years ago. So yeah, of course, I’m kidding, But it was like a lifetime ago and it is driving me crazy. OK when you’re doing some sort of renovations or updates, and you’re doing it yourself, there are bound to be delays. In my case, there were lots of delays. I mean life happens. No..Seriously, Life happens. So here I am in my dining room getting things done. FINALLY! First on my list to complete is my window seat with additional storage.

This makeover is one of my favorites.

It turned out so beautiful and we couldn’t be happier with the space. Be sure to visit www.brianandkaylor.com to see many more photos and all the product details.

With Unicorn SPiT Gel Stain

you can create really cool 3D canvas art with a press method and varying amounts of product.