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Jan 15, 2016 11:09 PM CST
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Name: Shape
Texas
Thank you Becky! 6 months and still not finished...I have so much to still do..last night i added all the receipts up and was flabbergasted at the total..I told my wife that we spent 900 dollars to show off 40 dollars worth of plants lol we both just laughed and went to hobby lobby and spent some more hahaha
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Jan 15, 2016 11:22 PM CST
Name: Becky
Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a)
Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Daylilies Hummingbirder Butterflies Seed Starter Container Gardener
Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Garden Ideas: Master Level Lover of wildlife (Black bear badge) Birds Ponds
It's amazing how much something so small can cost! I hope you have children Ora museum to leave all your work to down the road. Definitely works of art. Thumbs up
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Jan 16, 2016 12:35 AM CST
Thread OP
Name: Shape
Texas
Thank you, I have a son but unless his future wife adopts it i think it will die when we do...This is not the end though..I have future plans for a mansion that i will build in the back yard..Im totally hooked and will need something to work on for years...
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Jan 16, 2016 6:31 AM CST
Name: Becky
Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a)
Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Daylilies Hummingbirder Butterflies Seed Starter Container Gardener
Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Garden Ideas: Master Level Lover of wildlife (Black bear badge) Birds Ponds
Ooooh ..... I hope you will your progress making the mansion too!
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters, compared to what lies within us.
Garden Rooms and Becky's Budget Garden
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Jan 16, 2016 12:46 PM CST
Name: Karen
New Mexico (Zone 8a)
Region: New Mexico Region: Arizona Region: Ukraine Cactus and Succulents Plant Identifier Plays in the sandbox
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It's great that you have more ideas for more projects. Don't worry about what will happen to them. Just have fun right now, and things will work out.
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Jan 16, 2016 5:32 PM CST
Thread OP
Name: Shape
Texas
beckygardener said:Ooooh ..... I hope you will your progress making the mansion too!

I was inspired by the movie Crimson Peak and the mansion is called Allerdale hall, It will be a miniature garden so I would love to post its progress..
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Jan 16, 2016 5:34 PM CST
Thread OP
Name: Shape
Texas
plantmanager said:It's great that you have more ideas for more projects. Don't worry about what will happen to them. Just have fun right now, and things will work out.


Thanks!
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Jan 18, 2016 3:02 PM CST
Thread OP
Name: Shape
Texas
Finely have a window that I like...Brick ledge with Victorian panes,,And added vines to the fountain and run the vines up and over the ceiling beams!


























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Jan 18, 2016 4:17 PM CST
Name: Karen
New Mexico (Zone 8a)
Region: New Mexico Region: Arizona Region: Ukraine Cactus and Succulents Plant Identifier Plays in the sandbox
Greenhouse Bromeliad Adeniums Morning Glories Avid Green Pages Reviewer Brugmansias
Wonderful! Your window is just perfect, and I love the vines for the fountain! This is such a neat project!
I tip my hat to you.
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Jan 18, 2016 4:48 PM CST
Name: Ursula
Fair Lawn NJ, zone 7a
Orchids Plumerias Cactus and Succulents Region: New Jersey Region: Pennsylvania Native Plants and Wildflowers
Greenhouse Ponds Keeper of Koi Forum moderator Lover of wildlife (Black bear badge) Adeniums
Perfection! Lovey dubby
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Jan 18, 2016 5:54 PM CST
Thread OP
Name: Shape
Texas
plantmanager said:Wonderful! Your window is just perfect, and I love the vines for the fountain! This is such a neat project!
I tip my hat to you.


Thank you!
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Jan 18, 2016 5:54 PM CST
Thread OP
Name: Shape
Texas
Ursula said:Perfection! Lovey dubby


Thanks!
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Jan 18, 2016 6:05 PM CST
Name: Becky
Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a)
Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Daylilies Hummingbirder Butterflies Seed Starter Container Gardener
Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Garden Ideas: Master Level Lover of wildlife (Black bear badge) Birds Ponds
What a great way to add plants! Fake or real vines? (I can't tell from your photos.) I got a kick out of some of your window and ceiling photo views, too! You are sure having fun with this terrific project!

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Jan 18, 2016 8:14 PM CST
Thread OP
Name: Shape
Texas
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Jan 18, 2016 8:16 PM CST
Thread OP
Name: Shape
Texas
beckygardener said:What a great way to add plants! Fake or real vines? (I can't tell from your photos.) I got a kick out of some of your window and ceiling photo views, too! You are sure having fun with this terrific project!

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Hi Becky! They are fake but there attached to the fountain so makes it part of the Diorama..I told my wife im just building a canvas so she can plant on..
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Jan 19, 2016 4:49 PM CST
Thread OP
Name: Shape
Texas
Finished painting the exterior and added porch lights, also added roof ridge end caps-> Thats the balls on the top of the building hehehe..

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Jan 19, 2016 5:06 PM CST
Name: Ursula
Fair Lawn NJ, zone 7a
Orchids Plumerias Cactus and Succulents Region: New Jersey Region: Pennsylvania Native Plants and Wildflowers
Greenhouse Ponds Keeper of Koi Forum moderator Lover of wildlife (Black bear badge) Adeniums
I want to move right in, this is so perfect!
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Jan 19, 2016 5:14 PM CST
Thread OP
Name: Shape
Texas
Ursula said:I want to move right in, this is so perfect!


Thanks!
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Jan 19, 2016 5:48 PM CST
Name: Becky
Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a)
Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Daylilies Hummingbirder Butterflies Seed Starter Container Gardener
Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Garden Ideas: Master Level Lover of wildlife (Black bear badge) Birds Ponds
I thought I couldn't be anymore impressed with your project ... but I was wrong!!! Thumbs up Hilarious!

That is really amazing! The attention to detail is perfect! Your wife must be sooooo thrilled!

Now I have to ask .... How did you get so good at building such things? What is your occupation? A contract builder? Or construction sub-contractor?
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters, compared to what lies within us.
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Jan 19, 2016 6:00 PM CST
Thread OP
Name: Shape
Texas
Thank you Becky! I was an engineer for Fort Worth & Western R/R for many years..Then we packed up and moved to Alaska and I was a manager at Eagle furniture for 4 years...Then I come home and went to work building radio towers...Then we packed up and moved to Montana where I was driving a concrete mixer absolutely loved that job! Then moved back to Texas and I operate a front end loader for NCS Concrete.....My jobs are all over the board..lol

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