Sheryl Lyons
SMALL WORKSHOP ON WHEELS! 🛠🛼🛞
Why does everything need to be on wheels in a small shop? Because a decent size space quickly becomes claustrophobic once you factor in
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Sheryl Lyons
- Dec 30, 2022
- 1 min
Completed DIY Gabion Wall 🛠🏢🏡
Here's the completed DIY Gabion Wall from my neighbor's yard. Well, a prettier version. The current state looks a muddy mess as all work was
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Sheryl Lyons
- Dec 29, 2022
- 1 min
Completed DIY Gabion Wall 🛠🏢🏡
Here's the completed DIY Gabion Wall, as seen from my yard. Well, a prettier version of my yard.
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Sheryl Lyons
- Dec 11, 2022
- 1 min
One Year Update: DIY Rain Barrel & Stand $50 🛠💦🏡
I've been using my DIY Rain Barrel & Stand for the last year in the winds and rains of Portland, Oregon.
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Sheryl Lyons
- Nov 28, 2022
- 1 min
Finishing the DIY Gabion Wall 🛠🏢🏡
I'm ready to power through the remaining two baskets to complete my gabion wall.
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Sheryl Lyons
- Nov 25, 2022
- 1 min
Was Horse Fencing a Good Choice for the DIY Gabion Wall? 🛠🏢🏡
Now that I'm at this point on the DIY Gabion Wall was the horse fencing a good choice? Yes, because it's genuinely workable for beginner DIY
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Sheryl Lyons
- Nov 14, 2022
- 1 min
DIY Gabion Wall - Filling the Basket 🛠🏢🏡
So my original idea was to pad the middle with the full-sized pavers, which would mean less work for me because I'm breaking all these piece
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Sheryl Lyons
- Oct 31, 2022
- 1 min
DIY Gabion Basket - Designing the Basket 🛠🏢🏡
So I began testing and prototyping ways to create the basket. I determined that the best way was to cut a long piece of fencing and bend it
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Sheryl Lyons
- Oct 30, 2022
- 1 min
Making a DIY Gabion Basket - Materials Choice 🛠🏢🏡
Since I knew I wanted a lot of flexibility with the gabion basket design, I decided to go with horse fencing measuring 48" tall by 200 ft
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Sheryl Lyons
- Oct 29, 2022
- 1 min
DIY Gabion Wall - Part 2 🛠🏢🏡
I started by digging this 14ft channel for my gabion wall to snuggly sit. This may not seem like a big undertaking, but this is hard-packed
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Sheryl Lyons
- Oct 27, 2022
- 1 min
DIY Gabion Wall 🛠🏢🏡
When you need to create a break between grass and no grass, and you've got a bunch of old pavers and concrete pieces, common sense screams
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Sheryl Lyons
- Sep 12, 2022
- 1 min
BEHIND EVERY DIY CREATION IS A POORLY DRAWN SKETCH! 🤪🤷♀️👩🎨
DIY is a great way to express my creativity, but sharing my ideas pre-build is difficult because I can't draw.
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Sheryl Lyons
- Sep 9, 2022
- 1 min
Exploding Rosemary Plant 🦚😳
My gardening style is very feast or famine; I either kill the plant, or it explodes and overtakes everything in its presence.
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Sheryl Lyons
- Sep 8, 2022
- 1 min
ADVENTURES IN SPRAY FOAM! 🤔🛠🏡
A well-insulated home is vitally important, so figuring out the best ways to insulate and increase efficiency is always on the to-do list.
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Sheryl Lyons
- May 28, 2022
- 2 min
Garage Makeover - When Fantasy Meets Reality!💪🛠
Wow, I made some huge mistakes covering the garage walls! I'm sharing this so that others may avoid the annoyance and hours wasted.
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Sheryl Lyons
- May 16, 2022
- 1 min
Garage Makeover - Insulation Eureka Moment! 💪🛠
Having never installed insulation before, I researched and found the majority opinion was that the facing goes toward the living space, so I
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Sheryl Lyons
- Mar 31, 2022
- 1 min
Garage Makeover - Attacking the 2nd Wall! 💪🛠
Attacking the second wall was much easier from a deconstruction standpoint.
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Sheryl Lyons
- Mar 26, 2022
- 1 min
Garage Makeover - Attacking the first wall! 💪🛠
I decided to tackle the wall cabinet first. I removed the contents and set about trying to dismantle the cabinet so that I could salvage the
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Sheryl Lyons
- Mar 26, 2022
- 1 min
Storage Options when Renovating a Small Space? 🧐🛠
When you're trying to overhaul a small garage during the rainy winter in Portland, it's difficult if you don't have covered overflow space
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Sheryl Lyons
- Mar 21, 2022
- 2 min
DIY Deck Build - 100% Salvaged Materials
Since I was using salvaged materials, I had to create the design using the board lengths on hand.
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