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| Miss Bee Haven |
Posted - Jun 16 2008 : 07:27:55 AM
I spent last Thursday, Friday and yesterday working on it. The roof has some rust, so it's time to paint. Here it is:
  
I taped over the back window(need to be repaired) so the water wouldn't get inside. I've hosed, scraped, scrubbed, sawed branches off the locust tree in front(used a sawzall instead of the chain saw, because I was afraid I'd fall off the old wooden ladder I was using-LOL). Just finding a ladder was a challenge. I was there alone, so I went inside the farmhouse and all I found were very big aluminum ladders and they were all on the second floor. No chance of me carrying them down stairs and out. But I'm the queen of wooden ladders - I've bought them for cheap and picked them out of junk piles - so I knew there was at least one there somewhere. Of course, the 'boys' had left it in the 'basement hole'(no stairs yet, just a hole). So I laid on the floor and fished it over and tied a nail apron onto it and hauled it up-HAHA-if I had fallen in, I'd still be there. Maybe we should fill the hole with water and use it as an indoor pool! :D
Anyhow, since it can't be seen from any road, I can paint this baby any wild color I can find. What do you all think? I'm up for something colorful. I painted the old house trailer a nice peaceful gray, just like the farmhouse, because I wanted it to blend in and look like it belongs(it's really too old to be allowed under the deed). So help me out. Suggestions, please! :D
Farmgirl Sister #50
"If you think you've got it nailed down, then what's all that around it?"
'Br.Dave Gardner' |
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| Forrester Farm |
Posted - Jul 29 2008 : 06:56:24 AM
Janice - It looks wonderful!
Ann
Forrester Farm
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| Miss Bee Haven |
Posted - Jul 29 2008 : 06:30:03 AM
Still got a spot or two today, Wilma.
Farmgirl Sister #50
"If you think you've got it nailed down, then what's all that around it?"
'Br.Dave Gardner' |
| miss wilma |
Posted - Jul 29 2008 : 05:27:51 AM
I can definatly vouch for the yellow color, Janice was wearing it yesterday, looked so much better than my brown spots
Farm Girl #96
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| Miss Bee Haven |
Posted - Jul 29 2008 : 05:10:02 AM
Sandra - It's sittin' where it's gonna stay! LOL! I've landscaped around it now! I would like to have one small enough for me to tow. I've got the dh on the lookout. :D
Carol Sue- Come to visit next summer, and it can be your 'guest cottage'!!! ;)
Farmgirl Sister #50
"If you think you've got it nailed down, then what's all that around it?"
'Br.Dave Gardner' |
| Carol Sue |
Posted - Jul 29 2008 : 02:22:38 AM
Fun Janice, you go girl cause you are getting there. I sure do like it.....
listening to the quiet moments
Farmgirl #39
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| Sandra K. Licher |
Posted - Jul 28 2008 : 3:26:41 PM
Janice...if that isn't the cutest darn trailer/camper!!!!! It's been awhile since I've checked out this post...Lordy...You've been "busy as a bee"! LOL! Is it going to be stationary or are you taking it camping? I love the transfer of the bees! That is over the top...love the style of lettering and your saying....all of it! TOO CUTE!!!!! thanks so much for sharing it all with us!
Sam in AR..... "It's a great life if you don't weaken!"
Farmgirl Sister #226 |
| herb19355 |
Posted - Jul 28 2008 : 1:23:34 PM
Found it... how very, very cute! What a lot of work you have done. I will keep you in the loop with mine.
warmly, Debi |
| Alee |
Posted - Jul 28 2008 : 1:06:13 PM
It's looking Fabulous! The shade that it is in gives it a blue tone, but where the sun shine hits it- it is a fabulous shade of yellow! It looks amazing!! Great job!
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
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| Miss Bee Haven |
Posted - Jul 28 2008 : 12:57:09 PM
Is it starting to look yellow? The color is 'cornsilk' and it's hard covering the whiter than white primer coat.
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I think the light is making it look paler. The middle pic on the back looks closest.
Here's what I'm going to use for my logo - change the wording, but use those big, fat, block letters and those bee images. I bought this glitter iron on transfer on ebay. My dh held it with a light behind it so it's easier to see.
 
Farmgirl Sister #50
"If you think you've got it nailed down, then what's all that around it?"
'Br.Dave Gardner' |
| Miss Bee Haven |
Posted - Jul 15 2008 : 11:04:30 AM
Yes, Ann. I think a daylily would be good on there somewhere. I just got the bees I'm going to use. I bought a vintage glitter iron on transfer on ebay and the boy and girl bees and the chunky block lettering on it are just what I've been searching for. It says: "BEE HEALTHY, EAT YOUR HONEY". I'm going to redraw the letters to spell: "BEE HAVEN" at the top, over the bees and:
DAYLILY
FARM
underneath. I'll post a pic when I get something drawn.
Farmgirl Sister #50
"If you think you've got it nailed down, then what's all that around it?"
'Br.Dave Gardner' |
| Forrester Farm |
Posted - Jul 15 2008 : 10:53:25 AM
Janice,
I just missed this whole thing. Love the yellow with bee's theme. It sounds perfect. What about daylilly painted on there somewhere too? Perhaps the landscaping will be pleanty?
Ann
Forrester Farm
http://picasaweb.google.com/FORRESTERFARM/FORRESTERFARMWEDDINGS |
| msjocee |
Posted - Jul 03 2008 : 10:54:06 AM
Nice job!I like the yellow too
Mom to wild boys: Miah(10), and Jakie(6)
"Everything is Possible for They who believe." |
| Nancy Gartenman |
Posted - Jul 03 2008 : 10:08:54 AM
That looks really nice Janice, what a lot of work! And what a big, huge difference.
NANCY JO
www.Nancy-Jo.blogspot.com |
| Miss Bee Haven |
Posted - Jul 03 2008 : 08:49:30 AM
One more thing I learned about the aluminum roof paint.....I went to an actual paint store for the primer and when he put the paint on a shaker, I just happened to ask him if I'd have to stir it because when I had bought the roof paint from Home Depot, the boy there had shaken it and I still had to stir it when I went to use it. The man said : "He SHOOK aluminum roof paint???" "That stuff could EXPLODE!"
.....oops.....just remember that if you need to use that stuff.
Farmgirl Sister #50
"If you think you've got it nailed down, then what's all that around it?"
'Br.Dave Gardner' |
| KYgurlsrbest |
Posted - Jul 03 2008 : 08:17:39 AM
Wow, what a difference!!!! That's wonderful! Now, onto COLOR!!!!!
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
http://www.buyhandmade.org/ |
| Miss Bee Haven |
Posted - Jul 03 2008 : 08:07:59 AM
Well, progress is being made! :D One eight hour day(only one break) of painting, painting, painting and ladder hauling later, here it is with one coat of primer on it:
 
I was surprised the paint was white. I expected some ugly automotive gray thing. But it looks nice and clean and fresh so far. I'll have to go over the parts that were that tan color - they are kind of showing a little bit.
Farmgirl Sister #50
"If you think you've got it nailed down, then what's all that around it?"
'Br.Dave Gardner' |
| lilwing |
Posted - Jul 01 2008 : 6:56:26 PM
Okay, now after reading all the replies and seeing the yellow one..I like the yellow too ...hmmmm ... At ANY rate, it's going to be adorable!! |
| lilwing |
Posted - Jul 01 2008 : 6:53:27 PM
Before I read any other replies, I immediately saw pink! Maybe because I love pink (surprise, surprise) and that's what I'd do!
lol! PINK! |
| Miss Bee Haven |
Posted - Jun 29 2008 : 06:22:48 AM
I do need a bumper sticker, Jess. I need to scrape and paint it first, though. I'm going to have a busy week. The daylily beds are awash in weeds, too.
Farmgirl Sister #50
"If you think you've got it nailed down, then what's all that around it?"
'Br.Dave Gardner' |
| kydeere40744 |
Posted - Jun 28 2008 : 10:24:31 PM
I am getting a kick out of this thread. That coral pink was the color of my prom dress. haha. I really like the soft yellow with perhaps black accents for the honeybees. :-) That would make the cutest office or shop if you wanted to do that. It won't be complete w/out a MJF bumper sticker on the bumper!!
~Jessica in Kentucky & Farmgirl Sisterhood #137~
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| Sandra K. Licher |
Posted - Jun 28 2008 : 5:46:17 PM
Where have I been....that camper is so cute! Is this a new fad or something? Are there a lot of these available? Any color you pcik will look darling...how can you go wrong? Pick a theme like the bees and go with it. Now if it was me...I've always wanted a cabin in the woods so I would somehow paint it so it looked like logs and then little green shutters and flannel curtains...you get the picture...a lodge theme. You could do anything with it....how fun is that? I know...a lot of work too but just think what you'll have for years and years after it's done...I'm so excited for you...I want one too!
Sam in AR..... "It's a great life if you don't weaken!"
Farmgirl Sister #226 |
| Bridge |
Posted - Jun 28 2008 : 4:34:33 PM
Glad you liked it!, I was having a kinda blah Friday and felt like coloring!! It realy was no trouble at all. I like goofing around on the computer & when I am at work that is all I can do!!It helps pass the time!!
I had one more idea!! You could paint the word BZZZZZZ!!! On the roof, just for kicks.
Really only you and maybe some one in a small plane would ever know it was there!! :) I like secrets!!
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| Miss Bee Haven |
Posted - Jun 28 2008 : 09:24:07 AM
Thank you Bridgette!!!!! That's so ME!!! I've been thinking about some shade of yellow/honey/bee related. And bees! Thank you so much for going to all that trouble! I'm going to show this to my dh. I think this is IT! :D
Farmgirl Sister #50
"If you think you've got it nailed down, then what's all that around it?"
'Br.Dave Gardner' |
| caro |
Posted - Jun 27 2008 : 11:01:31 AM
Since you're Miss Bee Haven, the yellow with bees seems appropriate. However, that coral and blue combo strikes my fancy, too. And by all means flower boxes, shutters, an arbor, a flagstone path, and a pretty flower wreath on the door that changes seasonally. And a rocking chair somewhere nearby. |
| 82kygal |
Posted - Jun 27 2008 : 09:26:42 AM
I think the yellow with bees is great!! I have an old 1965 Scamp, camper. My husband bought it for 300.00 it was a mess and I was not to happy about it But with a lot of hard work he made a really great camper out of it. We use it all the time. He saw the potential in it. 
With God, all things are possible. (Mark 10:27)
What ever you are, be a good one. (Abe Lincoln) |
