Two Frugal Chicks

Joy

I can’t even tell you how much I LOVE my outdoor shower. Nothing wakes you up better than showering outside. It’s soooo refreshing. I just close up the sides of my outdoor canopy for privacy. I love watching the steam rising out of the top.

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dual shower heads

Plumbing fixture behind washer

We made it by running some plumbing off of the back of our hot water supply line to the washing machine. Very inexpensive parts from your local hardware store and no permanent cutting in to your existing plumbing.

The shower itself  is situated  outside the laundry room area.  We added a couple of faucets under the dual shower heads and ran garden hoses to carry the water.

Nothing beats a refreshing outdoor shower and then sitting on the porch swing soaking in the morning sun with a cup of coffee.

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We took the water supply line in the laundry room and made an adapter. From that we ran a hose and hooked it up to two shower heads. Nothing wakes you up better than an outdoor shower.

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I saw this video on you tube on how to make a cooler out of two flower pots. Pretty cool. I have a ton of clay pots around, so this is one experiment I am going to try. It works through evaporative cooling and is centuries old.

Here is the link to the video. Thanks lifehacker.

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The entire Grace clan (those of us in Washington) got together for a family weekend at Seabrook ~ all 18 of us, including two little toddling ones.  The rental “cottages” in Seabrook at Pacific Beach are right out of a story book, and the furnishings are what Pottery Barn catalogs are made of.  We stayed at the Four Sisters house, which included a third floor game room, enclosed porch (where some of the kids slept) and a carriage house with its own bedroom and bathroom.  There are bikes to borrow so you can ride around and see all of the houses and the ocean beach is a short walk away. There is something charming and unique at every house – rocking chairs on the front porch, wreaths on the front door, paper lanterns and strings of lights, flower boxes, and flags – not to mention the design and character of the homes themselves.

Four Sisters

Enclosed porch

Loaner Bikes

Love the color of the geraniums with the mint green house

So charming

Paper lanterns

Cute teapots

I’m going to make one of these!

P.S. This is not a paid advertisement.  We just really love this place!  We’ve stayed here before and will most definitely stay again.  Check it out for yourself:  www.seabrookwa.com.  Its very affordable if you split the cost with several families and most homes are large enough that you can do just that.

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This beautiful dragon fly landed in my garden yesterday and landed on a metal trinket. I love this picture. It just makes me smile and think of hot summer days.

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