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We got called to a place that had been in need of some work for a long time. The mother of the family was a gardener and as she aged and eventually passed, nature took back control of her gardens and yard.
 The family didn’t know where to start and honestly, I almost didn’t either.
We spent almost a full day only pulling Thistle. It is important when you have overgrowth like this to pull as many roots as you can to limit the ability for the vegetation to regrow.
Once we got most of the weeds out, we could kind of see what was there originally, recut some beds, and filled the open areas with wood chips to help limit the amount of maintenance they would have to do.
The family and even the neighbors came out to tell us how happy they were with thee new look.
We hope this helps the family remember moms garden for what it was and gives them the ability to take care of things from here on out.

Can You Help Bring Back My Lilac Bed?

The Goal:

Take an overgrown area and turn it back into a defined flower bed.

Needs:

  • Plastic Edging Removed
  • Stone Removed
  • Weeded
  • Dead Bushes Removed
  • Lilac Pruned
  • Bed Edged
  • Mulch
Lilac Bed Before
Lilac Bed After

The Solution:

Remove overgrowth, define the bed, and cover with mulch.

Tools Used:

Materials:

  • Mulch
  • Lawn & Leaf Bags
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What to do when you have a closet that had a large HVAC tubing and not much else?

Make some custom shelves and make it look like the pipe was never there. We were able to reuse old shelving to create a much more usable area.

 

Tools Used:

  • Drill
  • Screws
  • Pencil
  • Miter Saw
  • Level

Materials Used:

  • Caulk
  • Shelving
  • Paint
  • Drywall
  • Drywall Mud
  • Drywall Tape
  • White Board
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The bracket holding this board up was a little weak and they wanted it lowered a bit. I was able to get it lowered, secured, and repainted, and no sign of the old holes.

 

 

Tools Used:

  • Drill
  • Drill Bit
  • Drywall Knife
  • Marker
  • Level

Materials Used:

  • Paint
  • Joint Compound
  • Painters Tape
  • Screw with Molly Anchor

 

Procedure:

  1. Take down the existing board and remove the screws.
  2. Sand down the area so that it is flat and fill holes with joint compound and allow the compound to dry.
  3. I used a piece of painter’s tape to trace where the mounting holes on the board were and applied it to the wall.
  4. Once I made sure it was level and centered, I drilled where I marked the holes on the tape.
  5. I then installed the anchors and screws leaving them sticking just out of the wall so they could hook into the board.
  6. I painted over the new patch work and hung the photo board back up in its new place.

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