MJ Mad Dog

Category: DIY and Gardening

DIY journey

  • Week 20 –July 13th 2020 – Week 17 of lockdown part 1

    As I mentioned in a previous blog, I said watch the right hand corner and the garage, well here you go, my DIY skills were expanding and I think this was the first time that I used the term MJ Limited here to serve 🙂

    The elephant found it new home and new companion too 🙂  

    Also turned this into a bird eating area, with a bird house and a walk way to make it easier for them to consume the food.

    Though eagle eye people will also notice other changes, more to come. 🙂

    What do you think?

    Feel free to leave comments.

    Elephant corner
    Elephant corner
    elephant night time
    Elephant night time
    Nature corner
    Also turned this into a bird eating area, with a bird house and a walk way to make it easier for them to consume the food.

  • Week 20 –July 13th 2020 – Week 17 of lockdown part 2

    New tree plants in front of the harbour.

    Garden harbour
    New trees in front of the harbour

    New stone and plants in front of the new fence.

    Garden new plants and fence
    New plants and fence

    Is that really our garden? Lovely sky too. Are we really in England?

    Garden view
    Is that really our garden?

    Thank you to Ziya for helping me take down the old fence and putting the new one up. Plus also thank you to my lovely wife for helping with the painting of the posts and wall.

    Garden look
    New fence and painted posts and wall

    More good work by MJ Limited

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    Another view of the garden

    and again 🙂

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    And the other side

  • Week 17 –June 22nd 2020 – Week 14 of lockdown

    Did I really let the garage get that bad?  Bad me.

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    What a MESS!!

    Obviously I did, looking at this in the garden, also make a note of the right hand side and in front of the garage.

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    Yes it was that bad 🙁
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    How much work to be done and runs to the rubbish dump?

    So who you going to call? COVID19 buster.

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    Who you going to call COVID19 buster!!

    What a difference, can actually use it again and find stuff, well I could before, but this is easier.

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    Now that’s much better. 🙂

    New garden ornament, but where is it going to go?

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    New garden ornament, but where is it going to go?

  • Week 16 –June 15th 2020 – Week 13 of lockdown

    Now my DIY was stepping up a level (yes for you experts), this may be nothing, but as I mentioned before, before 2020 my skills were 0.

    So to change this small bedroom from this

    BeforeBefore

    to this was a big deal, all done in four days. I think I did a good job. What do you think?

    AfterAfterAfter

  • Week 16 –June 15th 2020 – Week 13 of lockdown

    Well though I know I’m good at something, like cutting down or smashing stuff up, now and again I do need help.

    Thankfully my wife steps in often too help, great team work to get rid of this annoying willow over our drive.

  • Week 15 –June 8th 2020 – Week 12 of lockdown

    Now as I have said earlier, I feel for any new plant that is purchased, as I know they will die at the hands of my lovely wife Claire.

    But COVID19 seems to have had an impact on her, as these plants and all other plants that have been put out, have lived and died naturally, well done Claire!! xx

    Plants
    New Plants

  • Week 15 –June 8th 2020 – Week 12 of lockdown

    So the DIY adventure continued, I gave the bath side a new lease of life. What do you think?

    It’s annoying I don’t have a before picture, but I’ve learnt that 🙂

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    Bath DIY

  • Week 14 –June 1st 2020 – Week 11 of lockdown

    We’re not the greatest gardeners in the world, until this year I pity any new plant coming to our home, as It was like signing them to an early death sentence!

    This year though, the lockdown has had amazing effect on Claire and looking after the plants in the garden, nothing has died!!!

    This is the left hand side of the garden, which had been completely overhauled by MJ Limited.

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    Left hand side of the garden from the patio. The small dog marks a small burial ground.

  • Week 13 – May 25th 2020 – Week 10 of lockdown

    So the DIY project starts, now you have to remember, prior to 2020 as mentioned before, my DIY skills was breaking up stuff or passing a screw driver to my father in law and sometimes I got that wrong!

    So to paint these wooden chairs was a BIG thing for me lol.

    Wooden chair paintingJob completed

  • Week 2 March 9th 2020

    Now me and DIY, is like England and Europe, America and Trump, potatoes and chocolate, they simply don’t go!!

    Before this year, all I was good at, was breaking or smashing stuff up, or giving my father-in-law a screwdriver.

    We had been very lucky to have found a great builder called Terry, who we could leave at home and go of to work, as we TRUSTED him that much.

    Sadly in February 2019, he had a heart attack whilst driving and never recovered 🙁

    All I hope, is he is proud of me as he looks down at what I have done this year!! Thank you for everything you did. Also in our early days to my father in law too, especially the bathroom tiles. Plus our next door neighbour Ron, especially with the garage window frames.

    Of course this was simple, well you have to start somewhere don’t you, so giving the kitchen unit a cleanup and tidy up, little was I know to with the English weather performing so well what was too come!!Kitchen unit

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