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This Old House in Lancaster: Barn Style Garden Shed. Dissatisfied with the choices and prices of prebuilt garden shed/cabinets, I decided I would just build my own. Inspired by the barns throughout the local/Amish countryside, I drew up some plans for a shed, and set out to build it.

For this project I used some basic exterior plywood for the shell and doors, and some smooth hobby board for the door trim. The whole piece is assembled using a Kreg pocket hole jig and exterior wood glue.

I made a ten degree slope on the top to help rain just run off easily.

Then I primed 2 coats of Kilz 2 primer, and three coats of exterior enamel from Benjamin Moore. I chose Barn Red and Arcade White for a classic farm style vibe. Then 3 coats of spar urethane on the top for extra waterproofing and to help protect against UV and weather.

The strap hinges allow the doors to swing all the way around to the side (270°) to get out of the way while open.

Adjustable legs allow the cabinet to sit level on the uneven surface in the backyard.

I’ll probably add a small white barn star to decorate the side panel.

All in all this project took about 6 weeks from start to finish — with the last three weeks just letting the paint fully cure before bringing it outside.

You can’t take the city out of the boy, but you sure can put some country into him!

With @michelle_myownyoga @michelle_unnata

#gardenshed #gardening #backyard #dıy #lancaster

Caicos Turquoise, the new color of our upstairs bathroom. Also featuring our red floral print shower curtain from Finnish design house Marimekko. Got rid of the small on wall medicine cabinet, and replaced with a wide mirror and new LED light. Fresh, bright, wow! With @michelle_unnata

#marimekko #turquoise #homedesignideas #lancaster #repaint

What you can do with 150 continuous feet of LED rope lights! #led #ropelights #backyard #gardenlighting #gardenlights

Very exciting news! Michelle is featured in the Fresh Faces section in the Spring edition of the Fig Lancaster magazine!

It’s the ”The Love for Lancaster Issue”

“In this issue, we’re celebrating all the reasons to love this special city we call home. Show your love by discovering why Lancaster is such a unique place to visit, make a move, open a business, and get involved.”

This link is to the online version of the article. But the Fig Lancaster is a thick, coffee table style magazine that features businesses and attractions in Lancaster.

We are both looking forward to bringing a new take on Yoga, a compliment to the vibrant yoga scene here in Lancaster city. 

Yay! Congratulations Michelle!

#fig #figlancaster #lancaster #myownyoga #yoga #privateyoga #smallgroupyoga @michelle_unnata @michelle_myownyoga

How nice! Lancaster News Online has featured our powder room in their Home & Garden section today, in an article themed — Powder Rooms That Pop!

Reporter Rebecca Logan saw pictures I had posted right here on Facebook, and reached out about adding our powder room to her article.

You can read our section of the article in the first picture below. The others pictures I have added here to fill in this post.

Michelle picked out the orange koi wallpaper, and we did some repainting and cleaning, and then I changed out all of the old chrome fixtures with oil rubbed bronze for a more antique look.

The koi mirror and the Japanese print were left here when we bought the house, and were part of the inspiration for the new look.

The 3 other powder rooms in the article were done by an interior designer, so we’re pleased as punch that ours was on the same level!

Thank you to LNP for enjoying our little powder room redesign!

With @michelle_unnata

#powderroom #lnp #koi #koiwallpaper #wallpaper #lancaster #lancasterpa

Ooooh! Ahhhh! It’s hard to tell just how close we were sitting to the base of the fireworks! They were literally exploding straight over our heads! And, as a result, we were being being rained down upon with chunks of cardboard fireworks shells and little blackened ash cinders. And we could really feel the ground something as each fireworks show was launched off the ground.

Benefits of a small town. We were able to walk up there a half an hour before the fireworks, and be sitting right in front with nobody in front of us. 

With @michelle_unnata

First of three raised planter boxes filled. Now just add water and wait! @michelle_unnata #lancaster #raisedbedgarden #tropicalflowers #garden #backyardgarden

Pendant lamp study. #pendantlights #pendantlamp #bedroomlights #customlighting #lampshade #hue #philipshuelights

Couple of night scenes around Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

#lancaster #pennsylvania #restaurant #nightphotgraphy #chestnuthill #cabalar #cocinamexicana

Pendant project completed. I was wanting to hang some pendant lamps over our long kitchen/dining table, but I couldn’t find anything that I loved. So I ended up purchasing a whole bunch of separate parts, to put together something unique and bespoke for our kitchen. 

I ended up choosing this really cool cloth covered herringbone pattern retro electrical wire, along with these flexible mesh wire pendant lamp shades. Lightbulbs are exposed filament Edison style LED bulbs. The three port canopy base on the ceiling came via a manufacturer I found on Etsy, and was shipped all the way from Ukraine. We replaced the light switch with a dimmer, so we can have a whole range of mood food lighting now! 

Michelle and I are on a tear, picking up the pace of house projects. We have the hope of getting through our current wish list by mid June, which will be the second anniversary of our moving into this home here in Lancaster. The icing on the cake of all of the projects will be the new color scheme and wallpaper we’ve chosen for the master bedroom. Stay tuned for that project coming up soon. 

With @michelle_unnata #pendantlamp #pendant #kitchenlighting #customlights #pendantlamps

Taming the chaos. We’ve replaced some open dirt space in the backyard with a Zen-like rock garden. With @michelle_unnata. Ommmm! #rockgarden #zengarden #crushedmarble #peaceful #lancasterpa

Originally formed by a collapsed volcanic caldera 30 million years ago, Smith Rock was layered with more lava a half million years ago. The original volcanic eruptions left a half mile thick layer of ash, which later hardened into this rock known as Tuff. 

This ultra stable stone makes for a great rock climbing, and this area is known to be origination of sport rock climbing.

Much of central Oregon is volcanic in origin, most of the major mountains being dormant volcanoes, and the rest of the landscape formed by hundreds of millions of years of volcanism. 

These volcanic areas of the Earth are my most favorite places. It’s as if the center of the planet is making itself visible still today. 

With @michelle_unnata

#smithrock #oregon #rockclimbing #volcano #basalt #hiking #dayhike #volcanictuff

A few best of pictures from our trip to Seattle, Washington and Sisters, Oregon. Hiking along the Metolius river, visiting the space needle in Seattle, and harvesting fresh oysters on the Olympic Peninsula. With @michelle_unnata @don.zur @angeladortignac @andreymarkov1312 @olikaelkina

#sistersoregon #seattle #spaceneedletower #metoliusriver #oysters #

Mid Century Modern Family. Our living/sitting room is coming together. Come on over for a chat!

With @michelle_unnata

#midcenturymodern #midcentury #midcenturystyle #livingroom #sittingroom #salon #parlour #bookshelves #countrycomfort

Just made this farmhouse style bookshelf for our kitchen. I cut all the wood to size, stained and finished with three coats of polyurethane, drilled all the holes, and then assembled it like a homemade IKEA piece! It will be the new home for our cookbook collection.

With @michelle_unnata

#farmhousestyle #bookshelves #farmhousebookshelf #cookbooks #kitchenshelves #craftstyle