MH signage recycled

About 3 years ago they changed the logo of the company, so all the signage was replaced. I couldn't bear the thought of the large sign that had been in reception lying on a landfill, disregarded and rejected, so I took it home. OMW, it lay in the ground for a while like a pimple on the earth, then it was propped up against the wall. Spiders spun undetected webs and mice hid from the dogs behind it. It was a great size for a fire pit, but the wrong material, certainly more of a melting pit should you start the fire. Eventually it was just annoying me and I thought it would be delivered to a rubbish dump after all, but I turned it over, filled it with soil and asked my nieces to transplant whatever they liked from the garden into it. Ta-da! I think they did a great job. They even added rose quartz for the finishing touch.

Summer in a crate

Found this crate in the basement, home to a dried-out paint roller, and thought: hmmm, I know what you could rather be doing this summer. So, onto my patio and a whole lot of plants dumped into it. Love it!

Pallet project

We turned these pallet into pool loungers. They are so comfortable. Roll them into the sun or shade, whatever.

Recycle, upcycle

I turned my mother's old ironing board into a coffee table.
 I could not throw it out. I remember my mother ironing in the kitchen, with the back door open. I finished it with linseed oil, you have never seen wood so thirsty. The black mark on the right is where the wood has been burnt from the iron.

Hospice Wits shop

As part of a work project we visited the Hospice Wit shop in Orange Grove, on Friday. Lots of treasures to be found. Thabang bought a hat. I went back the next day and bought a few things.

Pencil case

Pencil cases for the girls, wraparound labels with their names.

Protea Noir