Our pool isn’t anything special (and is very temporary), but we’ve always talked about setting up a poolside table/bar. Some pressure-treated lumber, post spikes, an umbrella, and one Sunday afternoon made it a reality. For making it up as I went, I’m pretty happy with how it turned out.
Took some time to paint and mount the plant shelves, over the weekend. I countersunk some screws in the vertical supports and filled the holes with some plugs I cut from scrap pieces. Both feel like they’ll hold up relatively well.
The boy likes to skate. We made a rink out of 1/4" plywood, some homemade stakes, a tarp, and a bit of luck.
When we moved into this house, the backyard had a rickety chainlink gate that was falling over. I enlisted some help from my Dad to get the 6x6 posts set, then another two weekends to build the gates and mount them. Pretty enough to please the neighbours, but wide enough to drive a camper through.
Farmhouse-style bench for the back patio, built from Home Depot 2x4 material. My finishing/staining technique has improved considerably since completing this project, but it has held up well for more than two years.
Sometimes, in life, you have a tiny person in your care who likes to run. And then you need a gate.