kyrsyan
Has No Life - Lives on TB
One of the things that my job has resulted in is discovering just how many useful things people throw away. Thankfully I learned a long time ago to only get things that I can/will actually use.
Today's haul required the help of a friend. No matter how I tried, I couldn't get the pieces in my van. But I now have the parts of a cedar gazebo. It is going to be the wood base of a privacy screen for our bathroom.
Our bathroom has a full window in the shower/tub. The window looks put onto the street and the apartment complex across the street. Not a good situation. I've tried multiple things over the years but finally came to realize that I was going to have build something. I got a massive pile of beautiful white plastic lattice when someone decided they liked wood better.
So, the large gazebo will be sized down. A few cross bars of 2x4 will be put in. Then the pretty white lattice will go on the outside. On the inside will be PVC board except for the top 2 feet. That will be frosted UV protected panel. Mainly to keep the sunlight coming into that bathroom. I'm going to take a full window door (another salvage) open the glass and frost it on the inside. That will go on one end so I can access the water hose.
After all of that, I'm going to let wild thorny berries to grow at the bottom and wild jasmine to grow at the top.
That's only one of my current projects but it is toward the top of the list for this summer. All this project will cost me in money is the 2x4s, screw, and frosted panel. What was going to be pretty pricey for me is now well within affordable range.
Today's haul required the help of a friend. No matter how I tried, I couldn't get the pieces in my van. But I now have the parts of a cedar gazebo. It is going to be the wood base of a privacy screen for our bathroom.
Our bathroom has a full window in the shower/tub. The window looks put onto the street and the apartment complex across the street. Not a good situation. I've tried multiple things over the years but finally came to realize that I was going to have build something. I got a massive pile of beautiful white plastic lattice when someone decided they liked wood better.
So, the large gazebo will be sized down. A few cross bars of 2x4 will be put in. Then the pretty white lattice will go on the outside. On the inside will be PVC board except for the top 2 feet. That will be frosted UV protected panel. Mainly to keep the sunlight coming into that bathroom. I'm going to take a full window door (another salvage) open the glass and frost it on the inside. That will go on one end so I can access the water hose.
After all of that, I'm going to let wild thorny berries to grow at the bottom and wild jasmine to grow at the top.
That's only one of my current projects but it is toward the top of the list for this summer. All this project will cost me in money is the 2x4s, screw, and frosted panel. What was going to be pretty pricey for me is now well within affordable range.