Well, that was the part where Kennedy liked it so much that I didn’t even get in trouble for painting over her colorful “masterpiece” from 6 months ago.. Or maybe she just hasn’t realized it’s the same box yet!.
This one is at least dry enough to store our stuff in and keep a usable extra fridge in.In time we hope to really clean it up and make it a really nice storage area, but that’s obviously a long way away.. Seemingly Random and Senseless Renovations of all Kinds.
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve cursed the previous owners.Why did they do all these things to this nice old house?!Well, I’ll tell you why.
Because all of these things seemed like a good idea at the time and worked for the family here at the time.And there was a lot of time.
So things like the wall paneling, multiple colors of peel n stick tile, and terrible paint colors, were all perfectly lovely at one time, I’m sure.. Here’s one spot where I’ve pulled up the peel n stick tile off the hardwood and then haven’t done anything about it since.
Even I’m contributing to the madness!We had to lay down the plastic and carefully dig a trench about 4 inches deep all around the edges, then bury the edges of the plastic.
Somehow, wind was still getting underneath, so we used a combination of some patches of dirt on top and some rounded bricks (to prevent tearing) to hold it down.So far it seems to have done the trick!.
So why does it need to stay down for several years?I’ve actually read some suggestions that have said you only need to smother weeds for a few weeks.
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