The Builds
I am entirely self-taught. Pinterest, blogs, and YouTube tutorials have been my inspiration and instructors for nearly all of my builds around my house. I’ve been slowly accumulating tools and hardware, and getting more and more comfortable with the terminology.
I am in no way a woodworker - some of my finished builds are rough and not necessarily pretty. I’m missing some tools - like a pocket hold jig and even simple tools like clamps. I’ve gotten creative in how I assemble these things…when I can I’ll tell you what I learned and what I wished I had done, but for the most part, I’m pleased with how my builds turned out. People much better and wiser than I can certainly improve on what I created!
My background is in live theater, but I never really built the sets…now, I’m not sure I could get away with getting out of that job!
Small Island Garden with Short Retaining Wall
My front yard slopes down and a small area was considerably lower than the rest - it appeared that previous owners/tenants had probably made this area into a garden, but it had since been neglected. Regardless, the shape of it begged to be smoothed out and new plants brought in!
How to Build a Dry River Bed
I really wanted to put a dry river bed here - eventually to go up the edge of the lawn as a border - but definitely down in front of the lower garden. I read several blogs about how to do this project (most claiming to do one in a weekend!), but I knew I would have to end up doing it my way…the way I always do it…on the fly!