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Interlake 3-28-15, The TJ’s 2nd ORT
We took the Cookie Cutter TJ on it’s second Off-Road Trip with the boy. This trip turned out to be a pretty good mud test for the new tires. With all the rain the prior week, it was a wee bit sloppy, though not as sloppy as I feared it would be. The boy was ready to go bright and early:
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Fold Down Garage Tables
I came across this idea from somewhere on the internet. Given the limited space I have in the garage, and the lack of clean horizontal surfaces, this seemed like a slam dunk. So I grabbed some scrap OSB and 2×4’s and came up with this:
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Small Planters
We picked up a unused planter stand from my mother. After letting it sit unused on the side of the house for a long time, I finally got around to building some planter boxes for it. So off to Home Depot for some cheap wood: Hack and whack some: And they started to take shape: x3: And ready for use: We had hopped to get some strawberries growing in these, but we’ve had dismal luck with it. So now they’re…
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Front Yard Flower Bed
When we purchased this house several years ago, there was zero landscaping done to it. Over the years we expanded things greatly, but had come to the realization that the front needed a little something “more”. So we picked up some rocks from the farm for a border and got to work with the Supervisor Dog watching over us: With the border down, and the weed barrier in place: I stated hauling rock with the Ranger: All done! Just need…
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New Floors!
This turned into one of our biggest home improvement projects to date. The carpet in the house was original and had seen better days in most of the rooms. The kitchen had been refreshed at some point in time which included new white tile with white grout. Needless to say, that never stayed looking clean for longer than a day! So after taking the Ranger on a couple of trips to our local lumber liquidators, we acquired quite a few…