Category: The Garagemahal
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The Greenhouse Gets a Makeover
Sometimes I just get wild idea and drag Mr. Math along with me to do a project at our house. The greenhouse makeover is not one of my wild idea projects. The old harvest gold building reached the point where it got moved to the top of our to do list when the last warm […]
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Star Hill Send Off
This past Saturday we gave Star Hill a proper send off. There won’t be tons of pictures because I was pretty busy with our guests but we had a crowd. There was corn hole to play, horse shoes to throw, catfish to fry, stories to tell, and time to remember. It just seemed natural […]
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Welcome to Our Little Corner of the World
If you are new to The Weekend Country Girl, Welcome! If you are one of my long-time friends, please indulge me as I introduce myself to the newcomers. My blog has literally doubled in readership over the last month. My name is Karen and I am not a professional blogger or furniture repurposer. This blog […]
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Making a Standing Chalkboard
We are clearing out the Garagemahal as we prepare to put our beloved Star Hill on the market. I am getting pressure from Mr. Math to get rid of the hoard. My collection of odd bits and parts, Doo dads, rusty metal, and miscellaneous hardware needs a new home. Mr. Math would be fine with […]
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Wishing, Hoping, Praying and Dreaming
This year I become eligible for retirement. Wow! How in the world did that happen? Time has flown by. I will not be retiring this year, but the realization that I could retire is causing my husband and me to give some serious thought to our future. We are both healthy, active, and still full […]
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The Finished Funky Dresser
Painting furniture in the Garagemahal during a southeast Texas winter is tough. It is either too cold or too humid to dream of painting. I usually take on smallish projects that I can finis in the house during winter. This fall I found a dresser that I wanted to turn into an unusual entertainment center. […]
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Keeping it Real Series- What a DIYer’s Workspace Looks Like
I hear ALL the time from people that they would love to redo furniture or do other projects if only they had the space. I think that there is a perception that without the magical amount of space or equipment to take on projects. I say that is a bunch of hooey. Yes, hooey. We […]
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The Things I Do Not Throw Away
This weekend we cut up some double bed foot boards and turned them into arms for benches. That meant that parts of the foot boards had to be removed. Some people would have thrown the cut off parts away. Let’s face it, some people would have thrown the double beds away. Since I was able […]
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Building Benches from Beds is Sort of Like a Strategy Game
We had a beautiful Saturday to work on turning headboards and footboards into benches. It was my plan to get all five of the benches made as far as possible. We were up and at em’ early so that meant it was a chilly start. We heated the garage and laid out all four beds. […]
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Superwoman Is Not My Name
At least once a week a comment is made to me about my hobby of restoring, re-purposing, and repainting furniture that makes me think people have a few misconceptions about me. People have asked me how I have time to do this, usually followed by a comment that they would love to do something like […]
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