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Old 07-07-2013, 08:35 PM
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Well, my wife has been exceptionally patient with me and my tank upgrade so I've been helping her out with her little pet project - her pond. I've tried convincing her to go with something a bit bigger. I showed her Dez's little set up, but she's totally not the bigger is better type (unlike me ). So she's content with her little pond. Anyway I thought I'd share a bit of what I did for her. Here's her little pond:




But she had no where to sit and enjoy it much so she wanted a bit of an arbor to hang her swing from and run our grape vines onto. So here's a few steps of the last 2 week ends and eve's:







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Old 07-07-2013, 08:38 PM
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Thankfully we live in an area where you can go right to the mills and get some custom board sizes. I needed a pretty big chunk to do this:







Apply a few coats of Sikkens Cetol 1 and voila:





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Old 07-07-2013, 08:51 PM
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Awwwww! It's so pretty!
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Old 07-08-2013, 02:01 PM
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Thanks! And now for the rest of the yard....
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Old 07-08-2013, 03:36 PM
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That looks amazing!
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Old 07-08-2013, 03:48 PM
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Nicely done Dom! Happy wife is a happy life!
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Old 07-08-2013, 06:58 PM
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Nice. I love pergolas/arbors. I also agree with you that the pond is too small but if it makes her happy...
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Old 07-08-2013, 10:22 PM
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whoa, that's a brilliant idea for the grape vines!! Mine have outgrown the space that I gave them and i was wondering what to do about that. I think I'll build an arbour for them just like yours and let them grow up and over!
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Old 07-08-2013, 11:40 PM
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Dom, looks great! Now I know who to turn to for assistance if I ever do want to start on a koi pond project!
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That looks awesome, I love the splashes of contrasting colours all over the yard. You people in BC sicken me. Er, I mean... how very nice, how very very nice!!!
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