Gear Acres
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Latest Curbside Treasure
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- Published on Saturday, 09 July 2011
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R is on a roll this week. Both literally and figuratively. Check out this curbside treasure.Yup.....a roll top desk. But not any old roll top desk. This is a child size roll top desk.
It has solid oak dovetailed drawers with skeleton key locks. The top is oak as is the interior but the remaining parts are pine stained to match....
On to the Next Big Project
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- Published on Sunday, 03 July 2011
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The last few weeks have been very busy since B's birthday party. The day after her birthday bash we started demolition of a 2 car garage. The garage was not ours but did have the correct clapboards that we need to repair our barn. The garage was built with 2X4, 2X6, and some 1X planking that we can use to make more tomato cages and to...It is raining horses!!!!
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- Published on Friday, 10 June 2011
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Well it is raining...yet again. Seems that of late, the only time it isn't raining is when it is 90+ degrees. Either way it has not been good weather for getting much of anything completed.Last week was a busy one. First off it was hot and when it is hot in Michigan it is also humid. Even though it was hot outside we needed to stay...
Gear Acres' Custom Bricks
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- Published on Friday, 10 June 2011
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The last stop on our road trip last week was to go to Wildcat Creek Brick Company in Flora, Indiana.The bricks are great. Jim, the owner and head brick maker at Wildcat Creek Brick Company, made these bricks the same size as the vintage pavers that we bought and traded for last summer. I ordered 10 pavers and they will be scattered...
Just in Time
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- Published on Friday, 03 June 2011
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You know how they say everything happens for a reason? Case in point.My sister and I attended a coupon swap last night. It is well documented how 'we' as in my sister and I, never never ever ever win ANYTHING. Just two weeks ago we went to a coupon class where there were 20 participants. The instructor says she has some give aways and...
Vintage Wall Knife Holder
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- Published on Tuesday, 31 May 2011
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I purchased a vintage wall knife holder last week during my road trip to Indiana with my sister. While my sister was eyeballing the Greentown chocolate ware glass, I spied this 30's style knife holder and at the great price of 10 bucks...I bought it.The plan is to strip the paint off of the knife holder and repaint it black so it will...Greentown Glass Museum
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- Published on Monday, 23 May 2011
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One of the cities that my sister and I drove through on our way to Kokomo was Greentown. We noticed that there was a sign that said Greentown Glass Museum. We were running late so we decided to back track after the KOG factory tour and come back to Greentown to tour their museum.I like glass and I have numerous books about glass...
Free Leather Gardening Gloves
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- Published on Sunday, 22 May 2011
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Not much has been happening at 'The Gear' here lately. It has rained almost everyday for a week or so now.In between the rain we have been putting down more black mulch. So far we have laid down 31 bags. We need at least 30 more bags. Currently Lowe's has black mulch on sale for $2.50, so now is the time to buy!
Today, I stopped by Ace...
Kokomo Opalescent Glass
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- Published on Sunday, 22 May 2011
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On Thursday my sister and I took a road trip to Indiana. We left a little after 6 in the morning and it rained nearly the whole time we were in Michigan.One of the cities we drove through on our way to Kokomo was Gas City. Home to a well known midget/sprint car race track called....you guess it....Gas City. Neither one of my sprint car...
Too Many Things To Do
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- Published on Tuesday, 10 May 2011
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I have a list a mile long of things I want to do before I can do the things that I need to do. Geesh!I have 3 very large flower beds that still need raking before the plants are too big. But first I need to dig up a dead apple tree that we have tried to pamper but to no avail. We have five other apple trees so we purchased a cherry...
