A normal breakfast included, hot cereal, cold cereal, cream, milk, orange juice, tomato juice, bacon, ham, country sausage patties, link sausages, pancakes, French toast, home made biscuits and gravy, hash brown potatoes, scrambled and fried eggs, fresh baked cinnamon rolls and fruit. The food was served «Family style», meaning that Mom kept bringing it out, setting it on the tables. The men could eat all that they wanted. Some of the mill workers would slip food into their shirts to share with a poor family man friend, who could only dream of his wife cooking a breakfast for him.
Stand the door up straight (lean it against a wall) and measure the distance from the top of the horizontal table top frame to the bottom of the door. Cut two 2×4’s at this length. These will be the front legs of your potting bench. Screw the front legs of the potting bench to the corners of the frame at the front. Put 2 screws into the front of the legs and 2 screws into the side.
There are different places one can look for auto parts such as local specialty stores, online stores or auto parts auctions, and last but not least junk or salvage yards. Every place has its pros and cons.
It’s cheaper. This, should really go without saying. Buying new parts for a restoration project can be very expensive. Many older cars require spare parts that are no longer made by the manufacturer and so they have to be sourced from specialist suppliers. This can mean that they are much more expensive than the original parts and they can often be very hard to get a hold of. If the parts are too expensive it may mean that the car itself has become uneconomic to repair or restore.
Find a inspiring old salvage door at your local antique store, salvage yard, thrift store or a yard or estate sale. Any regular passage door will work but the truly great project will have at its nucleus a multi-panel, chipped paint or interestingly detailed salvage door. Be sure the door is «solid core» which means that the entire door is solid wood rather than a «hollow core» which is basically a frame with outer skin of laminated wood and hollow in the center. A hollow core door will not give you places to secure the bench or structural integrity against the elements.
Build a wood frame that is 3′ on wood side and width of your door on the other. The 3′ side will be the depth of your potting table. (modify it as you desire depending on how much work area you desire for your planting creations). The side that matches the width of your door will be the area that you mount the frame to the door. Your frame will be made with the 2×4’s on their side, secured at the ends with 2 screws into each connection point.
One of the many benefits to using Craigslist to find cheap car accessories is the search function. You don’t have to spend hours sifting through a junk remove to find what you need. Instead, you sit at home on your computer and perform a search. To find the best deals and what you need, search with targeted phrases. Search with the make, model, or part you need. For example, Honda Civic fenders, Mercedes hubcaps, Geo Tracker door, Dodge Ram tailgate, and so forth.
Eliminate toxic substances. Many times toxins are left in the garage- old paint, harsh cleaners, bug repellents, old garden/lawn sprays and fertilizers, etc. Take one afternoon to gather all the old toxins and research how to recycle them properly. Try looking on recycling resource websites your local city or village website.