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My Mother's Day gifts

I have the most amazing family! They have been working on projects for me for a couple of weeks now and I just had to share them with all of you! My husband loves to tinker on projects around the house and most especially out in the yard.

While at one of the many many trips to Lowe’s I spotted this adorable little chandy on the clearance aisle for only $29.00! Yes that’s right good old Lowe’s had this old fashioned sparkly little chandelier.

I snatched it up and my cute hubby installed in over my sink in the kitchen. So so cute!

Sorry my photos are so dark and not very clear…I used my IPAD and the lighting was just not great. 🙁

Here is the before picture…no chandy to be found.

Here is the other thing my husband made for me…a potting bench. He made it out of a wooden pallet! My daughter Madeline found the idea on Pinterest and my other daughter helped by pulling the pallet all apart!

This is my hubby working on the potting bench.

He not only built the potting bench but he and my daughter Madeline..built these amazing garden beds!!

They had to lay down some decorative cinder block to level the ground…our backyard slopes a bit.

Here it is all complete. He even built me a little ledge to sit on so I won’t tweek my back by bending over so much!

I think Madeline was more excited than me to get the plants put in! We planted lots of herbs, tomatoes, green beans, White beans, peas, carrots, strawberries, red and green peppers and more! It is going to be amazing when everything starts growing!

Are they the best or what!!

I can’t tell you how blessed I am!

I love my family so much!

Hope you all enjoy your Mother’s Day on Sunday!!

Karins Kottage

Welcome to Karins Kottage! There is always something fun going on! You would think after becoming an empty nester couple that our nest would be very quiet and empty but our Kottage nest is usually more full than what we started out with! You might find me hosting a birthday party or graduation party and a baby shower on the same weekend or a big outdoor get together with 25 of our friends and family in the backyard or maybe I might be in the kitchen trying out a new recipe for my hubby and I to grill on the BBQ for a quiet night for the two of us. I am passionate about entertaining and setting a beautiful table! I may or may not have an addiction to cloth napkins and fun salad plates oh and goblets too! I think I will always have a home decorating DIY project in the works as long as my hubby is on board with me haha. We have painted A LOT in the 6 homes we have owned in the 35 years that we have been married as well as re-done multiple pieces of furniture, added wall and ceiling treatments, replaced lights, bathroom fixtures and even tiled floors! I have sewn what seems like a million window treatments for our home as well as for family, made slipcovers, and duvets and even a formal dress or two!

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Katie@LeBeauPaonVictorien says:

May 11, 2012 at 7:51 pm

Very neat idea to use a pallet to make a potting bench! I may have seen that one on Pinterest too! The chandy is gorgeous! What a great deal for only $29!