He’s doing great, very strong and healthy, although he’s keeping me up all night every night feeding.

We finally got that area cleaned up a few weeks ago so now I guess we have a new outdoor work space!.Getting all your tools out and set up before you start a project makes everything go a lot smoother.

For Chris this meant a pretentious local craft beer too, of course.Also a nail gun, air compressor, jigsaw, router, three saw horses, glue, a mitre saw, and a table saw..He started out by cutting a piece of 1/4″ MDF to the size that he wanted to chalkboard to be..

He also cut a  basic frame for the thin MDF out of some 1×4 MDF boards with a routed out inside edge for the thin MDF to sit in.. Because another decorative frame made from molding would be mitred right on top of this stronger structural frame, he made the joint a little fancy to make the whole thing have more structural integrity.. I’m pretty sure he must have invented this joint, but it does the trick!From the side, it looks like a regular mitre, but it’s got the extra little right angled bit that adds extra strength..

The decorative molding goes right over top!.

It looks super simple but of course we know that there’s a little bit of DIY magic hiding hiding under that basic molding!.When the week was up, I shook the boughs and most of the needles fell off right into the bucket.

Quite a few fell out onto the floor too, but I just swept them up and added them to my easter decor using a clear.tea light holder.

and a. clear pedestal vase.That’s really all it takes to bring a little fresh green Springyness into your world!