Sequel To "It's Demo Day at Our Fixer Upper"

So, if you read about our "Demo Day at Our Fixer Upper" a week or so ago, you saw that we had fun tearing down a portion of our dilapidated fence and gate in our back yard courtyard...and that's where we left off.  Over the past week we have worked at this project a little at a time...so without further adieu, here's the scoop:

Here are the guys putting up the new sections of the fence

Hubby making sure things are "on the level"...

Looks pretty good!  Quite an improvement already!

Next came my project...building the gate!  I thought my son the carpenter was going to do this, but he's been pretty busy with other jobs and really didn't have time to devote to this...and we couldn't let it go without a gate for long...

So here I am marking the slats so we know where to fasten them to the back cross pieces.  We are totally winging this...no pattern...just figuring it out as we go...

Thank goodness hubby knew how to work the drill....

So we got our part done...and now it's back to the sons' turn to install the gate....had to wait a few more days.

Finally tonight they were able to tackle this part of the project.  They had to make a few adjustments to make the gate actually fit in the space allotted....

It took a lot of teamwork, measuring, trimming, measuring, trimming...

And finally, after a lot of adjustments....here is the finished product:

 Not too bad for our first attempt at creating a gate from scratch with no pattern!!!  And it actually opens and closes!!!

And of course, just like on "fixer upper", there are some candid shots...

And some blurred shots...but that's okay...you can't see how dusty and dirty I am if it's a little fuzzy!

All in all, it was a fun family project.  We hope to do more sections of the fence as we can afford to do so.  Thankfully, there is only ONE gate!  The rest is easy peasy!!! (well, almost)

What's the old saying, "A family that prays together, stays together" ?  Well, I totally agree with that, but I'd like to add this: "A Family that works on projects together builds lots of good memories and gets things done!"  Of course, that doesn't rhyme, but I never claimed to be a poet!

So until next time....

"That's All Folks!"