Created to Create

In the last two years I have done a few things here and there for my room, I just didn't get around to sharing about them.  This first one starts down in Idaho. My aunt and uncle had a woodshed that they had replaced sometime in the last little while. Me, with my love for old falling apart wood, asked if they had any of the old wood left. Turns out they did!  Did any of you know that bringing wood across the border is looked down on? I can understand old, dirty, big infested wood not being able to come across, but this stuff was well taken care of. And this is what we had to explain to the border crossing guard. Not only had this wood been treated (it was painted red), but when it was taken apart, it had been stacked neatly on a cement floor in a closed in shop. After some debate, we were let across the border... with the wood.  I had big plans for this special wood from the beginning. Now, I am very sure there are much easier ways to d...

 It has been a real hot minute since I have posted anything on here. Mostly because not much has happened in my room reno. However...things are now getting done! Let's go back to where I left off.  March 2019, wow, it has been almost 2 years. So, there was summer, and a trip to the states, and taking care of grandma. There were other trips, other small projects, grandma passing away, 2 Christmases, taking a course, covid... busy life and really, I wasn't sure where to go next on my room. I did manage to get the wallpaper taken down.   Here I am armed and ready for demolition. Andrea came the next day to help me with the other wall and we got it all done. I was told that fabric softener diluted with water worked wonders on wallpaper. Where I looked for directions, I was told to do a 50/50 mixing. However, that was a little on the strong side. Did it work? Yes, like a dream in some cases. Did it stain the walls and make the whole room smell like fabric soft...