When we
bought this house there was an old chicken coop out at the back of our
property. I thought it was picturesque. Dean thought it was an eyesore. It bugged him every time he looked at it.
It is no longer there.
In true Dean
fashion, before he meticulously dismantled that charming haven for hantavirus, he
pulled out and saved a couple of old windows that had been recklessly tossed in
there years and years ago. In true me
fashion, I rolled my eyes and sighed when I saw him carrying them to the
storage shed. But then one day I saw something on Pinterest. And then I remembered
those old windows.
One side looked like this.
Dean made me paint it in case it was lead-based paint even though I told him I wasn't planning to chew on it.
The other side of the window looked like this. The corks fit better on this side because it had a deeper ledge, and the wood stain complemented our kitchen cupboards, so that's the side I decided to show.
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| Who drank all that wine?! |
I glued the corks on with Gorilla Glue and by the time I finished I was obviously getting either tired or bored. Fortunately I could call on Mr. Meticulous to clean up my mess and if I ever try this again I'll use clear drying glue.
Unfortunately, from now on, every
time I roll my eyes and sigh when Dean saves some other hunk of wood or chunk
of metal I know he will remind me of how happy I was he didn't throw those corks away and point out to me that if he hadn’t saved those windows … But it’ll be worth it.....I hope.
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| Ta Da! |
2 comments:
Cathy. And you can now go down in history as the inventor of the cork board? Was it more fun gluing all those corks in or drinking all that wine? Don't need to answer that one, I know.
It's good to see that you've figured out creative things to spend your retirement on. Drink on, friend.
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That's super awesome!! Saved treasures put to use, who knew?
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