Repurposed turkey fryer.

Money is tight around here.We have two boys,one is 3 and the other is 4 months.So things like outdoor/indoor decorating are last on our list.However I do love to work outside and I love to repurpose!I really don't like to go to stores and buy things anyway.I would rather use something that we have and make it unique. So today as I was taking a break from tilling the garden.I was sitting on the deck with some ice tea and I was looking around and noticed everything was on one level.
I needed to create some height

So I looked around the garage trying to find something I could use.I have an old singer sewing machine that is in really bad shape.The wood is falling apart and it's just nasty.I was going to take the wood off and make a new top,but my husband had big heavy stuff stacked on it.I was feeling creative now and if I had to wait till later the moment would have moved on...So after looked around the garage I noticed the base of a turkey fryer.I got it down from the shelf.I took off the regulator and.....TADA! A plant stand!

It hasn't been used for 3 or 4 years so I shouldn't get the 3rd degree cause I turned it into a plant stand.(I didn't by the way,he liked it)So I scuffed it off a little with a red scuff pad and shot it with some paint I found in the garage(I did get a talking to about that..oops)

I love it! I found a smaller stand also and I'm thinking about using that one too.What better way to clear some room out of the garage..find stuff and Reuse it!!!

This isn't the same stand.I didn't take a before picture to show how nasty it looked.It pretty much looked like this one,except it was really rusty.

She's crafty..

My new project, gypsy lights,or that's what I'm calling them.I wanted some pretty lights to hang around our canopy that's on the deck.I love lights at night.Candle light and oil lamp light is so pretty.I'm not done with them yet.I still need to add more stuff to them,so that means a trip to the craft store..YAY!

The glow is so nice.
I have tea lights in them right now,and they give off a nice little glow that's just right.I have 8 of them to make,so I think the light will be even better once they are all hung.

The babies have grown up.

I have learned that these are Rouens pronounced Roan.They are a large breed duck that look just like wild mallards.They are used for decoration,and they can get 8-10 lbs and are used in exhibitions for it's beauty and size.

I wish I can get duncan to stop chasing them so they won't be so jumpy.I miss the peking ducks we used to have,they were nice and they came close so you could pet them.I will never be able to pet these ones..not with duncan around..

The males are staring to change their feathers so now we will find out how many hens and drakes we got.They all look the same until they start to molt then the males get thier pretty feathers.I like my ducks they are pretty neat.I think I'm a few steps closer to finally getting some chickens,if I can change Gc's mind...one can only hope.

More flowers,and a little tour..

Tea time..

Little guy taking a break..

My cute little porch..

Pretty pink dianthus.

This wheelbarrow was Gordy's paps

The lillys are getting ready to bloom.

I love this frog.

I made a corner shelf all on my own!

This chair was white.I decided that I NEED more color around this place.I am surrounded by green and browns.I'll have this place looking like a gypsy camp soon :)

Munstead lavender

I wish remembered what this is..

Well I hope you enjoyed the little tour around the homestead.It's still early in the season so I 'll have more pic's as the place starts to bloom.

Flowers!

I have no idea what happened here...

The beginning of summer.....finally.I wait all winter to get outside and start digging in the dirt.I couldn't stand our deck anymore.Everywhere I looked all I seen was brown and beige..*sigh*.I've always wanted to just go crazy and plant tons of flowers,but money has always got in the way of that.This year my husband bought me these whiskey barrel planters,and that kinda kicked off my flower planting obsession.I want to go to flea markets and find old things to plant stuff in,like and old pot,wooden crate,a metal wagon,a bicycle basket and anything unusual.So here is what I got planted so far...

My flower beds arn't much to talk about yet.I have a mixture of annuals and perennials,so I can do something different every year.

celosia and begonia bed


The flower beds this year have celosia,begonia,impatients,a liquorice
plant that duncan liked,a little green plant with blue flowers that I can't remember the name of,but it's neat, and some munstead lavender that I started from seed last year.I'm sure it's going to look good with all the different flowers.I just wish theywould start getting bigger already.

I'll take some more pictures of what else I planted and put them up next time.