ORC Week 7: Final Projects
This is it friends. It's Week 7 which means it's only one week until the
One Room Challenge
project reveals. We still have a few things to do but we've got most of our
projects complete or underway.
With the city FINALLY opening up after lockdown, we were able to get to Home Depot and do our last curbside pickup and grab a few things in store. Let's see where things are at!
I can't believe how much our plants are flourishing. Here's a peek at
the Annabelle hydrangeas. They have filled out, are nice and strong and
are displaying lots of blooms. I was concerned that the ones closest to
our front door had too much shade but they're growing nicely too.
The bench got painted which was a quick and rewarding project. I used
Rust-Oleum Universal Spray Paint And Primer in One in Satin White
which sadly I won't recommend. The finish turned out fine but the two
spray cans I used were a mess with paint dripping from out of the
trigger and the spray head getting clogged often.
The bench looks good with the new outdoor rug which I'm giving you
just a sneak peek at. Here's the trouble with buying things online:
sometimes they don't look or feel exactly the way you were expecting
them to. Such is the case with this outdoor rug. Is it the material I
was expecting? No. Does it look like the way I wanted it to? Yes. Do I
have the time or inclination to find something better? No. Was the
price right? Yes. And so I find myself opting for a "good enough"
solution for now.
Building of the air conditioner fence is also underway. Can you understand Sean's sketch of design? This is a fairly
simple project. It'll be made using fence post for the corners, frames
made out of 2 x 4's, and fence boards hung vertically in between. The sketch at the bottom is a section of how the fence boards and frames will intersect.
Lastly, I've just picked up paint for the front door. I'm going with one
of these colours. Can you guess which one?
We have a storm door which unfortunately cuts out most of the light and
reflection. It tends to make dark colours look even darker so I've picked something that is a bit more vibrant than I would usually go for.
And here's one thing that won't get fixed...
If you recall, in
Week 4 we had an unexpected accident
where a city truck that was cutting the city-owned tree at the front of
our house suddenly sprung a leak and sprayed hydraulic fluid across our
porch, walkway, some of our plants, driveway, and side lawn.
Luckily, with some power washing and scrubbing we were able to get the oil out of our porch and walkway. The drive still looks a bit discoloured and some of our grass and contaminated soil definitely need to be replaced.
But even though it was clearly the city's fault, it's a case of do we try and fix it ourselves and get reimbursed by the city, or go through the claims process and gather estimates to have the driveway cleaned and the grass replaced. It's probably easier and yet also more hassle to fix it ourselves. Fixing it would also mean we'd have to stick close to home (ie. not at the cottage) to tend and water any sod or grass seed we put it. Things like this are never easy, are they?
Join me back here next week to see the final garden reveal. Check out the One Room Challenge blog to see how other participants are doing.
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