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It's HAPPENING!

17 years ago

My garden house is finally becoming a reality. DH, bless his heart, is putting a lot of effort into this project and it's happening! Today he got the first wall up.

This is so exciting as I really never expected to have one of these. However our lives have finally slowed to the point we can get a few long-awaited things done.

Still lots of work to do and then lots of landscaping after that. I'm mostly looking forward to having a place to start plants early, do crafts, and decorate.

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Here is a link that might be useful: garden house progressive pics

Comments (14)

  • 17 years ago

    WhooHoo!!! How Awesome for you!!! I know how I felt after begging tooth and nail(lol) for my play room! It included taking down a wall in our house to make a 10x20 Art Room!!!
    Having your own hang out will be soooo cool! I had a 18x20shed that I was using but DH turned it into his "Man Cave" lol!!! Keep the pics comin'!!!

  • 17 years ago

    Wonderful!! Lots of space to get those plants going before they go in the ground!! Jan

  • 17 years ago

    Kudos to your DH, that is going to be wonderful for you.
    Its going to be fun watching the progress and hearing your excitement.

    hugs, Karen

  • 17 years ago

    Oh boy, oh boy...you are ONE LUCKY GAL!
    Your garden house will be AWESOME!
    Looks like you will be VERY busy & havin' lots of fun!
    Keep the pics comin', when you can!
    Hope there's some wonderful windows so you can view your gardens! TFS! Jeanne S.

  • 17 years ago

    Wow, wow, wow. I can feel your excitement way down here in the deep south! It's contagious, lol! What fun it will be to watch it take shape and hear your plans. 'luckygal' indeed =]

  • 17 years ago

    Thanks all, I think the reason he finally got to building is that I threatened to take over one of his storage sheds. And that wouldn't "do". ;-) I also told him I want some of the old furniture that's cluttering up the garage moved to my little house and he's more than happy to get his garage back!

    We bot 5 large safety glass windows for $20 which will go on the south wall and have a few old smaller ones for the ends that cost $2 each or less. No windows on the north side, it's not a real greenhouse.

    I'll post more pics as we go, hope it's done in a couple of weeks.

  • 17 years ago

    I am so proud for you!!!!! It is every gardeners dream to have that kind of set up!!! Hoorahhhhhh!!!!

  • 17 years ago

    Oh i'm so tickel'd for you...I know just how you fell. I felt the same way when DH started my shop last yr...I am so happy for you and boy what a buy on your windows...Keep us up with pic's as you go along. I flimed mine as it progressed...

  • 17 years ago

    I Love to see folks living their dreams!! So happy for you getting your garden house! Can't wait to see more pictures as you progress.

  • 17 years ago

    Thanks everyone. This has been one of my dreams for many years - I always hoped we'd buy a property that had old buildings but never did. I will post more pics. Second wall going up today. DH planned all the window/door openings yesterday.

  • 17 years ago

    LuckyGal said "I think the reason he finally got to building is that I threatened to take over one of his storage sheds. And that wouldn't "do"." .....

    LOL thanks LG, good idea, I'm fixin' to take over someone's basement, his name is h-u-b-b-y!

    Seriously, I'm so happy for you. This is very exciting! You'll have such fun adding all your special touches to it. Update progress when you can please! ~tenderlee

  • 17 years ago

    LOL tenderlee, sometimes our DH's need a bit of a gentle push in a certain directions, don't they!

    Here's the link to my album where I'm posting pics as things get done. It's taking longer than expected, but then that's life, isn't it? ;-) We're retired so have lots of things going on and don't usually work 8+ hour days anymore. Also the temps have been beastly for here - nothing like in the south, but today was 90â, which is hot for here. We're not used to much over low 80's. DH still worked out there for several hours but nothing that shows on pics today.

    Thanks to everyone for their well-wishes and interest in this project.

    Here is a link that might be useful: garden house album

  • 17 years ago

    Looks Great!!! Comin' right along!!! I hear ya about things taking time, I started a pond back in feb and it STILL is just a hole in the ground!!! Isn't the heat extrodinary for here?! We had a summer storm the other night, and it was likened to something I've never seen here(Born&raised))more like something you'd see in Alberta, a flash flood kinda thing....Anyhoo, keep those pics coming!!!

  • 17 years ago

    You lucky duck!