Ulog 127: More Projects Around The Homestead Requesting My Attention

I've been a roll lately with getting some projects, old and new, finished around the homestead. With Mr Golden D working so many hours, it leaves me more time here to get in order, get organized and finish some extra tasks that I would have been putting off until the winter months.

The first project, a new one, is an old changing table I got for free on a local online bartering website. Best to do this now than in the winter when I would have to sand, paint and do the grout indoors. Now I can do it outside and not worry about too big of a mess.

The box of 96 ceramic tiles came from a Market Place seller that we found on the same day I was picking up the table. So I did the loop and got both. Total cost $10.

I plan on making an outdoor gardening table out of this changing table. So right now I am in the process of sanding and preparing the table so I can paint it with outdoor paint. Then I'll be gluing (using grout) the tiles to the top and middle shelf of the table. I have plans to leave the bottom shelf wood, but I do have more than enough ceramic tiles to do the third shelf if I decide to. This is an unopened box of ceramic tile.

I already have the tools needed to do the grout; leftover from a previous project.

While I won't get too much use out of the gardening table this year, it will be a great addition and used to its fullest potential in the Spring of 2020.

Before (on left) and after (right).

I moved my rolling shelving unit from the extra bedroom, where it sat empty for months, into the kitchen so I can store my dehydrated items in the dark corner. I have all my herbs, flowers and more that I've been dehydrating this summer handy now. No more having to walk across the house to my homesteading/grow room when I need these for making soaps, salves, etc.