Let me start out by saying that I have the most amazing husband in the entire world.  I am constantly dragging him into all of my little, I mean, BIG projects and he is always so willing to help.  After all, what else is he supposed to do when he comes home from work and his wife has ripped all of the carpet off the stairs?  

 

 I was really hoping to find some wood under that carpet but I was out of luck so I bought some pine stair treads for about 10 bucks a piece.  Everything else for this project I had on hand.

 I sanded my boards smooth and then made stencils by printing off vintage logos off the internet.  Pepsi Cola, my favorite!  After painting my logos I distressed them with sand paper, I wanted them to look old, and then stained over top the whole thing.  The final step was 3 coats of polyurethane to make them shine.

 Here's where Robbie came in. He had the job of ripping up all of the old treads and gluing the new ones. I'm sure glad he is so handy that way, this man can do anything!

And here is the finished product. I love how they turned out!  So me :) 

Garden Progress

The garden is moving along nicely this year.

 I hate to pick the lettuce because it looks so pretty.

 One zucchini plant is always more than enough. 

 It's fun to compare the before and after pictures of the garden, the vine on the fence has gone crazy!