Now that we have our over the couch shelf in place and one side of the basement almost dialed in, we’ve moved onto finding a storage area for our camping and fishing gear. I’ve had two Sauder furniture cabinets for a good twenty years. I figured, hey, no reason to get rid of them now, they still work for storage,…
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Once upon a time, there was a girl who was trying to put the final touches on her basement. She came across an over the couch shelf on Houzz.com and wanted to do something like that over her couch. Not the big storage cabinet type of shelf, which is very cool and spacious, but a smaller shelf that could hold…
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The basement is morphing into a game room one little project at a time. Just as well considering when you walk down the stairs, one of the first things you see is a standard sized pinball game. That baby takes up a lot of room. But it’s one of Ken’s babies, so it’s a keeper… although a pub table would…
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While my son is working in Dubai, he’s had to opportunity to site see and travel. Over the New Year’s holiday, he sent me “postcards from India“. We Skype almost every weekend, and the following are his “postcards to me” (via Skype and texted photos) from his day trip to the Arabian Desert. Postcards from the Arabian Desert Dear Mom,…
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Looking for a quick and easy way to mount or hang board games on the wall as artwork? This idea cost almost nothing and allows you to take the game boards down at any time and use them for game playing. As I rummaged through my stowaway stash of board games that had previously been hiding underneath our basement stairs,…
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