Brett, the Builder

Have I mentioned that Brett is pretty dern crafty? I mean, a hard-working handyman? My mom calls him Saint Joseph and for good reason. He can repair, make from scratch, or construct just about anything. I know I'm bragging, but he's good. I'm a lucky gal! Anywho, as if he hasn't been busy enough from January to May, he jumped right into busyness on the home-front as well.

First things first, he is almost finished constructing our very own compost out of the remnants from our old fence. He's a thinker, that guy. Now if I can just change my habits, we will be one composting-friendly family :-) I will post a pic of the final product! His second project: our fence. When we made an offer on the house in December, we knew we would have to rebuild the fence (just not 4 months after we moved in). But with all the rain and thunderstorms April and May brought, we had to bite the bullet and start sooner than we had planned on! And to save money, we (I mean, Brett) built it all.by.himself. Sure, he had some help, but not much.

The pile of wood that inhabited our garage for about a month :-)

After the first coat of stain

No fence in sight...a clean slate!

Drillin' the 3 foot holes for the poles with an auger

Poles in, just not set yet

Cemented upright, now it's time for the boards!

Perspective showing the dog yard

While I was in New York (post to come very soon, I promise), he did A LOT of work (and no one took pictures)!

The finished product (I forgot to take one with the trim, oops)!

And the gates, custom-made by Brett

And, to Brett's relief, he doesn't have as big of a project lined up in the near future. Now it's time for summer vacation. Or just hanging out without a laundry list of things for him to do on a Saturday :-)