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Slow progress is better than no progress my friends šš¼ and in the real world...things take time...especially if you want them done wellš When we built our home we made concrete countertops for our kitchen! We love them so much that we decided to make a slab for the bathroom last week! My DIY concrete countertop project continued today in my stories! We had built the form and poured the slab outside. Then we took it out of the form and brought it in because the weather got cold and I needed it to be room temperature before sealing it. Today I was able to fill the little holes (caused by air bubbles in the concrete when it was poured in the form) and I was able to sand it and seal it! Woohoo! Iāll put a few more coats of sealer on it in the morning and itāll be ready to install by the weekendšš¼ I was hoping it would turn out and and after one coat of sealer Iām excited to say...it sure DID! My husband had it figured that the materials for the entire project cost $90.00šš¼ (including the sealer/foam roller/concrete...everything! Projects like this make me fall in love with DIY home improvement projects all over again!!!šš¼ . . .#herringbonetile #butcherblockcountertop #kitchenisland #vintagekitchen #herringbonefloor #diyflooring #concretecountertops #diyhome #americanfarmhousestyle #cottagesandbungalows #bhg #countrylivingmag #hgtvmagazine #farmhousekitchen #openshelving #shiplapkitchen #whitekitchens #openfloorplan #thecottagejournal
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Hey guys...so...Iāve been planning a little secret project and Iām excited ...donāt worry... Iāll be sharing all about it tomorrow...so stay tuned! š Tonight Iām setting a few things up in our garage because this weekend weāre having a family harvest party and weāll need the space for carving pumpkins with all the nieces and nephews! Weāre planning a hayride and bonfire for everyone and Iām so happy to have one more āexcuseā to use pavilion before snow flies. This year the fall colors make me want to grab my camera and snap a pic every time I go outside! Iām not sure how but I think they get more beautiful EVERY single day! Fingers crossed the trees donāt all lose their leaves before our little party š either way...Iām going to soak up the beauty as much as I can while it lasts! Itās much too beautiful to ignore! šš Happy Wednesday from me (and my backyard)š¤ . . . #fall #fallvibes #puremichigan #midwestlivingmag #bhg #pavilion #backyardoasis #backyardliving #outdoorlivingroom #webuiltthis #fletchercreekcottage #countrylivingukmagazine #countrylivingmagazine #mypotterybarn #farmhousetable #diytable #cottagesandbungalows #countrysamplerfarmhousestyle #thecottagejournal #bhgstyle #outdoorliving #pergola
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This year more than ever our backyards have really become such an important space for our families! Our backyard has definitely become our āHappy Placeā! If you remember back to this past spring I was really motivated to transform our lawn! I planted all new Vigoro grass seed around the areas where our lawn was torn up from construction on the pavilion! I also spent a few minutes every 6 weeks through the entire summer to fertilize my lawn using Vigoro Lawn Fertilizer. Iām SO glad I did because the new lawn is super healthy! After some research I learned that fall is actually the MOST important time to fertilize your lawn! Who knew?! š¤·āāļø I really wanted to make sure that it continues to be healthy in the spring so used Vigoro Fall Fertilizer on my entire lawn! Giving your lawn a good feeding helps the roots actively grow in the cooler months (even though the tops growth slows down) and itāll be super strong in the spring! With all the new growth in the spring itāll look great and help choke out weeds as well! I also built 12 large raised garden beds in the spring and I loved having a vegetable garden all summer...however I did have some trouble with drainage. To solve that problem Iāve removed all the dead plants and throughly mixed Vigoro Perlite into my beds. Iām thrilled to have my garden beds ready for winter and I canāt wait to plant again in the spring! Iām so grateful for all the awesome products that Vigoro offers for lawns and gardens and I love that these products are readily available at The Home Depot! I love that I can order online and do curbside pickup at my local store or have them delivered! Itās wonderful! To find out more about my lawn and garden journey be sure to head to my stories or my highlight reel āVigoroā! You can also find a tutorial on how I built my raised beds and other posts on my lawn and garden journey on my blog... FletcherCreekCottage.com (or click the link in my bio)! Happy Tuesday guys...itās time for this girl to put her feet upš . . . @homedepot #thehomedepotpartner #THDXVigoro #diy #lawnandgarden #bhg #betterhomeandgardens #lawncare #backyardgarden #raisedgardenbeds #diygarden #homeandgarden #country
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Iām not sure how weāre already half way through the week!?! Is it just me or is October flying by?? I donāt want fall to go by too fast...itās such a gorgeous time of year...I just want to soak it in as much as possible! Do you have any fun fall activities planned for your family?! We have a few fun family things weāre planning to do yet this fall! One thing weāre looking forward to is hosting a hayride and pumpkin carving day for all the nieces and nephews this weekend!!! Next weekend my hubby and I have a little āStay-Cationā planned! YAY! And after that weāll be making fresh pressed apple cider as a family at my in-laws farm!!! I canāt wait! Making fresh cider and homemade doughnuts as a family is a huge tradition and we always have such a great time!!! These traditions seem more important this year than ever before! This year, being at home so much more than normal, itās been so important to us to make memories and stay connected with family as much as possible! Having our pavilion and being able to gather together outdoors with family has been such a gift...one I definitely donāt take for granted! #grateful Happy Wednesday everyone! I know life doesnāt look like it use to for most of us...but Iām positive we can still make the most of it and wonderful make memories regardless! So....What are you grateful for today or how are you keeping your traditions alive?! Iād love to hear! . . . #blessings #fall #fallvibes #makingmemories #falltraditions #pavilion #outdoorfurniture #outdoorlivingspace #outdoorlivingroom #outdoorlighting #bhgcelebrate #bhg #countrylifemagazine #betterhomesandgardens #magnoliahome #mypotterybarn #outdoorrug #hgtvmagazine #diypavilion #backyarddesign #backyardliving #makehomeyours #homesweethome #countrylivingmagazine #fletchercreekcottage #puremichigan
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The fall colors are at their peak and I really wanted to bring some of the beauty of the outdoors inside this fall! Over the weekend I had a lot of fun creating and sharing my latest DIY project that I made from leaves I found and a few other things I had in hand! Today Iām working on a blog post to answer all your questions about how to make this simple diy artwork! You guys...it was SO easy but donāt worry, Iāll be sure and include all the steps and answer all the questions Iāve been getting in that blog post and Iāll be sure and answer you questions in stories as well as sharing the link to the steps (hopefully by the end of the day or early tomorrow morning)! And if youāre wanting to try making your own leaf artwork...the first step is to head outdoors today and gather some leaves, bring them inside and press them in between the pages of a heavy book! Work on that and Iāll have the tutorial up for you on the blog by the time your leaves are pressed and ready to go! Sound good?! Great!!! Happy Monday everyone!!! š¤ #diyart #diyfun #fallart #fallhomedecor #kitchendecor #fallvibes #hgtvmagazine #diynetwork #diymagazine #mypotterybarn #potterybarndishes #stoneware #counteylivingmag #simplediy #freedecoratingideas #inspiredbynature #simplesrtwork #bhghome #bhgcelebrate #fusionmineralpaint #homedecorideas #cottagegardenstyle #cottagekitchen #kitchendecor #kitchenfalldecor
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They say you learn something new every day! In attempting to create something new (artwork from foraged leaves from my yard) ...I learned a LOT! I learned I donāt get outside for LONG hikes often enough! Seriously, I need to make this a daily thing again! We have 65 acres and I need to take advantage of it more regularly! I LOVE being creative and thinking outside the box when it comes to decorating my home and when I donāt make time for creativity I can get into a funkš¤Ŗ...(I canāt wait to share what all I found foraging and how Iām going to make something out of it all)! And I learned that my daughter takes beautiful pictures and has an eye for photography (she took all of these ones of the fall views) Arenāt they beautiful?! She was on quite a roll...until that LAST ONE šš¤£š¤Ŗ Thanks kiddo for capturing the moment like only you can do!!! š How about you?! Learn anything new today?! Tomorrow Iāll share in stories what Iām making and wheather I learned HOW to make artwork from leaves...or if I learned how NOT to make artworkš¤£š¤·āāļø Either way...Iām positive Iāll learn something new! Happy Friday EVE!!! #learnnewthingseveryday #diyart #diyprojects #diyfalldecor #falldecor #puremichigan #fallcolors #fletchercreekcottage #countrylivingmag #trynewthings #getoutside #diynetwork #countrylife #countrygirl #simplelife #backroads #makingarteveryday #creativitymatters #homedecor #diyhomedecor #decoratingforfall #diyblogger
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Iāve spent the past couple days going over our schedule and planning out a bunch of projects with this guys and itās got me super excited for what weāve got coming up!!! Weāll be starting our dream home build in a few short months!!! When I stop and think about all the projects and the multiple homes renovations weāve tackled together I am full of gratitude for my husband! I have been throwing DIY ideas at him and planning massive projects for us to build together for 19 years...and he steps up to the plate EVERYtime! He doesnāt just go to bat...he knocks it out of the park ...every dang time! I have endless ideas for projects and while I LOVE taking on a challenge and building things...a lot of the things I dream up are honestly too large for me to handle on my own! It would have been completely impossible for me to build our entire home or the pavilion by myself without a crew! But this guy...he makes it all possible! We donāt have a crew or any employees...but we get it done šš¼ I couldnāt do it without him and he couldnāt do it without me!!! Itās the truth and thats not being āco-dependentā ...thatās TEAMWORK! Weāre better together!!! Iāll never understand how I got so lucky...but boy am I so glad I did! If your other half supports you and has you feeling like youāve hit the jackpot...donāt forget to let him/her know!!! šā¤ļø Lets make sure they know just how grateful we are for them!!! I for one definitely donāt say it enough so today Iām saying it...loud and clear...AARON, youāre Amazing and Iām so grateful for you babeš ā¤ļø #grateful #diyer #diyhusbandandwife #husbandandwife #teamworkmakesthedreamwork #fixeruppers #diyers #diyhomebuilders #homebuilders #fletchercreekcottage #betterhalf #buildsomething #dreamhome #projectsfordays #hgtv #getafterit #builderslife #diyblog #diyblogger
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Happy Monday from my #diy kitchen!!! It may be small...but it still functions extremely well because I designed and built it to be just what we needed!!! You guys know we built our entire home (itās not a renovation) so when I say DIY kitchen I truly mean we built everything you see (and everything behind the walls that you canāt seeš)! When I first shared a tour of our kitchen on stories last year, I shared that this kitchen actually cost us less than $1,000 (we were using free appliances that were given to us /or found on the side of the roadš¤£) . Since then, weāve upgraded all the appliances...so we have invested more into it, but everything we originally built a couple years ago is still the same! I built the open shelving and brackets, installed herringbone tile floors, sewed the curtains, made the shiplap, and my husband helped me make the concrete countertops as well as all the lower cabinets...making this kitchen ALL one big diy project that actually cost us $700 (not including the new appliances of course)! I share all this to encourage you and let you know that a well thought out, beautiful new kitchen doesnāt have to cost tens of thousands of dollars and that itās totally possible to create an amazing space that you LOVE and that serves your family well...and do it on a budget!!! Iām filming a kitchen Q&A/Tour this week and Iād love to answer any questions you have that are kitchen related!!! So bring it on! If anything Iāve learned can help you by sharing than Iām an open book and here to help!!! Happy Monday friends!!! . . #diy #diyprojects #kitchen #rustickitchen #openshelving #kitchen #whitekitchen #cottagekitchen #concretecountertops #diykitchen #magnolianetwork #diynetwork #hgtv #hgtvmagazine #newhomebuild #diyhusbandandwife #shiplapkitchen #fallkitchendecor #falldecor #countrylivingmag #potterybarndishes #homedepottile
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Did you catch my stories last night?! I spent the evening planning and organizing my schedule...to make room for some exciting PROJECTS that Iāve had in the back of my mind for a while nowšš¼ Social media sometimes makes it look like projects happen in no time at all...let me tell you...that couldnāt be further from the truth! Projects take research, planning, money and they take TIME...and that can be tricky to carve out! But, when all these things line up...thatās when magic can happen! So...after spending the evening working on it, my project calendar is looking pretty darn EXCITING and I canāt wait to share more with yāall soon!!!šš¼ What about you?! What projects are you planning, dreaming about or working in this weekend?! Weāre busting out some (not so exciting) household and yard maintenance/winterizing chores here today...but Iām excited to get them finished up so we can start on the FUN STUFF!!! Happy Saturday guys!!! . . #falldecor #fallpeojects #shiplapwalls #diyprojects #shelfie #cottagestyle #cottagecharm #saturdayvibes #bhghome #falldecorations #interiorfalldecor #simplefalldecor #thedesigntwinslovefall #fallwreath #countrylivingmag #bigprojects #chalkboards #pumpkindecor #diyshelves
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Iām trying to wrap my head around the fact that itās October...but Iām here for it!!!šš¼ Itās crazy to think back to last October when we were building trusses and working on putting them up and painting the pavilion ...and now itās full of pumpkins and our absolute favorite spot to take in all the gorgeous fall views and visit with family! We were so excited to build a space large enough for extended family to come and gather. But we had no clue when we started building our outdoor living space what 2020 held for us all and what a blessing it was going to be to have an outdoor living space! Looking back I canāt help but smile and feel grateful for this past year and all thatās happened since last October. Thereās been a lot of ups and a lot of CRAZY...but looking back ...for me...the GOOD outweighs the crazy! Whatās something thatās happened this past year that you can look back on and be completely grateful for or whatās something youāve accomplished or overcome?! We all know that the past year has held a lot of CRAZY...but letās get a conversation going about the good thatās come out of this year! Iāll start... 1.This pavilion was built! 2.All of my 9 biopsies came back cancer freešš¼ 3. I have been blogging and working with The Home Depot for 1 full year now (dream job)! šØ 4.My family is closer than ever! 5.and the BEST thing that happened this year is my daughter walked away from a horrible car accident by the grace of God!!! ā¤ļø The good outweighs the CRAZY...my friends...it really does! . . . . #pumpkin #farmhousetable #joyfullife #diy #diybuild #hgtv #diyprojects #lifeisgood #homeimprovementproject #buildingtogether #outdoorlivingroom #outdoorlivingspace #octobercolors #fallvibes #falldecor #outdoorproject #diyer #diynetwork #magnolianetwork #diyhomeprojects #diyfamily
