Garden Update

 Our back garden beds are looking good! They have been weeded and mulched and are ready for adding some annuals in the next few weeks.

The backyard space is so much nicer and more useable now. And we get this beautiful view off of the upper patio. We have been watching sunsets up there the last few nights before Sam goes to bed.

 We planted our vegetable gardens too. Beans, peas, lettuce, carrots, beets, leeks, and one tomato plant. We also have parsley, cilantro, and chives, as well as strawberries and rhubarb.

Blown down tree

 The plum tree on our neighbor's property that is by our front steps blew over in the windstorm we had last week. It was too mature a tree to re-stake so they cut it down.

Corkboard in the cabinet

 Our cabinet had a wasted little space on the bottom since that is where the furnace is so we decided to add a little cork board to the space. It can only be seen when the door is open but could be a nice spot to put something - maybe a calendar, takeout menus, a list of phone numbers, tickets to upcoming events - who knows? For show, we pinned our tickets for the Mother Earth News Fair in June.

Laundry Room Circuit Breaker Panel

The circuit breaker panel that is located on the laundry room wall is kind of an eye sore so we decided to try make it blend in a little bit. First of all, the breaker sits about 3/8's of an inch off the wall so we had to install a frame around the outside. Here is a picture installing that.

The face of the breaker was taken up to shop to spray it with some primer in prep for painting.

Here is what it looks like with the primed face put back in place and the frame painted.

Next up came a lot of coats of paint on the door.

 

 This looked better but we still wanted to tie it in with the vintage look of the room. To do this we found a font we liked on the computer for the words "Circuit Breaker" in script form. A couple of minutes with the paint and the words were up on the panel.

Laundry room cabinet door

 We finished up with the door that covers the side of the furnace. It was built so there is a cabinet above for storage and a way to change the filters below. The door is actually two doors. As you can see below, the frame opens for filter access.

 Then when this is closed you can't see the furnace, just the storage above.

 Then there is another door that swings the opposite direction off the frame like a normal cabinet door.

 The outer frame door is held in place by a deadbolt at the top. This door will only be used when changing air filters or accessing the furnace.

 And here is the finished product: