oh if a patio is an option, do it!Originally Posted by happystuff
The back of our house in Hermann is on a hill, so there is no flat land to pave for patio. Steps will lead down into grassy area which is on a hill too.
oh if a patio is an option, do it!
The back of our house in Hermann is on a hill, so there is no flat land to pave for patio. Steps will lead down into grassy area which is on a hill too.
I see from the picture that it definitely is a hill! My first thought was... who gets to mow that??? LOL.
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DH is skilled at mowing it, fortunately. And in our construction we are getting rid of “the little big hill” which is an extreme slope rewuieeing hand mowing. The rest of it he does with riding mower.
Interesting, the "getting rid of the little big hill". I will confess to having a hard time picturing it. Hope you are willing to post a picture when it's done.
To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer." Mahatma Gandhi
Be nice whenever possible. It's always possible. HH Dalai Lama
In a world where you can be anything - be kind. Unknown
You can’t teach an old dog new tricks.
Here, it is obvious that DH will be doing some/much of the finish carpentry in our Hermann house EVEN THOUGH I forbade it because that will take YEARS. See how much he respects my laying down of the law.
So, this is his compromise: free old dresser, built- in to attic bedroom walls. He considers that he is saving a ton of time by not building that box and dresser drawers. I agree I guess except that I just wish he wasn’t doing any of it. But I do have to laugh at him because he’s quite pleased with himself at the solution and I think I’m going to adopt it for the other attic bedroom which will be “mine. “
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He is also happily sourcing other old stuff for this house. He got a free old Timey sink, you know one of those circa 1940s porcelain sinks for free,it was an alley find. He’s going to set it up in the basement for “washing vegetables. “I think he is still planning on having a canning kitchen down there too.
I just watch his little beehive actions with amusement. He’s pretty much done everything he’s going to do on my condo at the moment so I am not jealous of his time used on the Hermann house.
Wow, that is such a cool idea--I am going to show it to my DH, because it looks incredibly handy and we have eaves walls.
It is easy to find old dressers free or nearly so.
I’m going to hold out for one of those pretty oak dresser with a serpentine front for my bedroom. In My ideal world I would like to have two of them. I’m willing to pay for them I don’t require that they be free although in a perfect world we would find ones with damaged tops that would otherwise go to the landfill.
By this I mean: we’re having professional landscaping done with fake stonework so that that area doesn’t have to be mowed.
Today I’m visiting Hermann after not being here for something like 6 or 7 weeks. I had to come and weed some iris beds because the weeds are pretty awful even though DH, bless his heart, has been doing a little bit of weeding for me.
What a gorgeous day it was today…mid 80s low humidity light breeze, just beautiful. I am Sitting here on the patio high on the hill and it’s not even like Missouri in mid July, it’s very pleasant. The church bells are ringing at Saint George’s, Someone is giving a bell concert.
I forgot how cute my country house and the little town is.
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Progress has been slow. Constant rains have setback the cement pouring foundation of the garage. But they were able to do that today. So now the garage will go up. Our electrician broke his ankle several weeks ago and so all interior work stopped because we’re to the point where wiring has to go in. But then my contractor’s main guy started putting in some of the wiring.
Last edited by iris lilies; 7-21-21 at 9:04am.
Herman sounds like a cool little town. That’s bad news about your husband’s hoarding space. If he dies before you hire someone to remove the junk.
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