well... another garden room project... garden dinning room this time.. every few years I loose the glass of the table top to something or other... once in a large wind it blew it over and the umbrella ccked it as it went... I bought a new table just to use the glass in the old base... then last year as I was unerneath fitting it together in the spring I stressed it too much and the thin tempered glass top stressed too much and it shattered.. this year was table time again... I couldn't find a small rectangular or square table with a full base and umbrella hole.. for hat I was willing to spend... I did have a small 3/4 " thick hunk of old marble I was using about last year.. and a hunk of 5/8 glass a bit scratched... I'd use downstairs in overwintering some plants... so I thought I'd use them together... as I couldn't cut the glass eaasily.. I'd notch the marble for the umbrella.. and I needed a base.. so I built base out of 5/8 Epi.. and kept the metal umbrella stand underneath.. [ it's made out of a steel tread from a crane's track with a pipe welded on the top to recieve the umbrella ] and I sanded the scratched glass all over to frost [ think beach glass ] it and remove the scratched look by scratching it all over...

so the cool room I'd mentioned was built again... and now is being removed.... so I have to come up with some mre things to build out of it... I'd mentioned building a cooler /planter last year... but I've since been given a small refrigerator/freezer... so I made an enclosure for the frige with a planter on the top... like a green roof to keep the heat off the enclosure...

OH the lilacs are blooming... nice dark color and old time heavy fragrance

This is a fun thread indeed from the beginnings to present.

gordon.

I'd thought of a cooer planter...but got a small refrigerator... Built it into a foam enclosure to keep it cool... And have a planter as the top of it...then a sink... We'll I didn't need to soak anything.. So a couple of marble sills... With a space between them to have the water pass through....and a small faucet... Only cold water... Like for the under counter water treatment systems.. So now you can get a glass of water ...without getting it from the hose... And a new bamboo door to the storage area under the big planter..
Must be getting time to move... If everything is done here

You always come up with the most interesting ideas, Gordon!

Fascinating, original and fun!

Gordon - As always, you never cease to surprise me with your ingenuity! Love all that you've done!

And .... I hope you do NOT move! I can't imagine starting my gardens and plants all over again!