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Post by jean on Dec 2, 2007 16:07:03 GMT
Some of these free plans might keep the brain ticking over in the next few months - Chuckles I am sure this will be right up your street ;D www.backyardspaces.com/greenhouse.htmlThe garden cloches look really easy  |
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Post by Dutchy on Dec 2, 2007 17:42:36 GMT
Interesting plan to build your own flying duck also on there ;D
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Post by Chuckles on Dec 2, 2007 21:00:04 GMT
Can't look JL I just can't look  OH will kill me if I get any more ideas CHUCKLES KEEP YOUR'E MOUSE AWAY FROM THAT LINK  I'll be back to look later ;D |
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Post by Barbara on Dec 3, 2007 10:58:39 GMT
ohhhhhhhhhh ther's one for a tree-house, now if i only had a tree  |
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Post by Chuckles on Dec 17, 2007 8:39:27 GMT
I've still not looked JL it has reminded me though that I was going to try and make a table like the one Dutchy did, must find the thread |
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Post by Dutchy on Dec 17, 2007 8:42:44 GMT
I'll see if I can find the pic.
( can't find the thread as I do not remember how it was called )
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Post by Dutchy on Dec 17, 2007 8:45:41 GMT
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Post by Chuckles on Dec 17, 2007 9:12:34 GMT
Dutchy you are a  I've got the wood for the legs and cross support bits, just need to rummage around my wood stash for the top. Might have a few bits left from the raised beds, will have to get rummaging, if not I'll have to creep round the OH Ooooooh Chuckles is excited now ;D |
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Post by Dutchy on Dec 17, 2007 16:04:39 GMT
Go for it Mssss Mad ;D
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Post by Shrubrose on Dec 17, 2007 16:40:02 GMT
What a brilliant link jlo. Have copied it for things to do/make next spring/summer (for OH ;D). Sure he'll be delighted ;D ;D And that table Dutchy is seriously good. Can well see why Chuckles is going to have a go |
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Post by Chuckles on Dec 17, 2007 22:31:21 GMT
Now that table would look good in your garden too Shrub OH always worries when I start asking him to bring spare bits of wood and things home from jobs. I'm not safe with a saw and battery screw driver in my hand and when I get the hammer and nails out  I'm a mad woman and I don't care ;D |
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Post by Shrubrose on Dec 17, 2007 22:59:05 GMT
I was thinking that myself Chuckles, and it wouldn't blow over in the wind would it? ;D
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Post by Chuckles on Jan 4, 2008 9:06:20 GMT
Now that table would look good in your garden too Shrub OH always worries when I start asking him to bring spare bits of wood and things home from jobs. I'm not safe with a saw and battery screw driver in my hand and when I get the hammer and nails out I'm a mad woman and I don't care ;D Ok, not got any further with making the table like Dutchy has made yet, still waiting on some long srews off OH for the job, Mmmmm think a gentle reminder is needed. Anyone else doing any DIY projects ;D |
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Post by Dutchy on Jan 4, 2008 9:15:01 GMT
;D Does cutting down Leylandii into fence posts count?
I also asked a neighbour who works in the building/construction world for some of those big scaffolding planks in order to make a bench at MssK's.
No material has arrived yet.
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Post by Weeterrier on Jan 4, 2008 10:06:21 GMT
I'm seriously impressed with that table |
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Post by Dutchy on Jan 4, 2008 16:37:04 GMT
Thanks Wee. It took only one afternoon to make.
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Post by Chuckles on Jan 15, 2008 13:39:08 GMT
WOW Amo thats fab. DUTCHY, JLOTTIE look at this ;D we have another DIYer, well OH anyway. Amo if you look back on here there is a fab table you could get him to to too. Apart from blowing like mad it's just too slippery out there and the lawn is starting to suffer. Instead, OH potered in the garage and made me a nice two seater bench for an area I've been working on using some leftovers from other DIY jobs!!!  I'm over the moon!  |
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Post by Amo on Jan 15, 2008 14:13:13 GMT
 Thank you Chuckles. OH is very pleased with himself too! It was a little bit of a team effort. I told him what I wanted, and he got on with it. With a little supervision of course.  ;D Like table!!! Like more plans.... (Sound of whirring mouse going to other screen to look through other projects.)
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Post by Chuckles on Jan 15, 2008 23:09:28 GMT
Thought you'd like this thread Amo ;D I'm still waiting for OH to get me some long screws and I'll be busying away making a table like Dutchy did. I'm not allowed OH's shed  it's in our neighbours yard, I wonder what he has in there sometimes |
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Post by Amo on Jan 16, 2008 17:20:39 GMT
You're probally better off not knowing!!! OH used 6 inch normal screws on the bench and it wobbled a bit, he changed them for 4 inch (or 7 x 100) timber drive screws (the ones you need a socket for the head) and it, for want of a better expression, clenched itself!! Solid as a rock now. He sometimes moans, bless him, that I can't pass a garden centre without buying half the stock. It's a totally different story if we're in a DIY store though. Baskets of screws and blolts, fixings and glues. He could almost start a store himself. |
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Post by Dutchy on Jan 16, 2008 18:53:48 GMT
Oooh now that is a nice bench Amo.
Give your OH a big pat on the shoulder.
My old bench is still fine but I need to think about a simple, simpler than yours, bench at MssK.
One that can stay outside and withstand rain, sleet, sunshine and thieves. Hence the simple.
I checked out the Prieuré D'Orsan gardens in France.
They do miracles with old branches building about every structure in the garden out of it.
Still thinking.
p.s. can we get a photo of the backside. How did he fasten the back to the seat?
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Post by Amo on Jan 16, 2008 19:11:19 GMT
The arms are fixed like the legs with 2 of the screws and the back is just the same as the seat. If you blow it up you can see a little better. It's the simplest design ever! Honest. |
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Post by Dutchy on Jan 17, 2008 18:36:36 GMT
Ah but you let your OH make it for you Got it understand how it is done. Just thought the back might need extra bits for strengthening. |
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Post by Amo on Jan 17, 2008 19:07:30 GMT
I'll let you know at the end of summer |
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Post by Dutchy on Jan 19, 2008 10:30:24 GMT
Not from ground level I hope
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I'm a mad woman and I don't care ;D
it's in our neighbours yard, I wonder what he has in there sometimes