The Michigan Renaissance Festival starts next weekend

In the photo below is a little Fairy door we installed 2 years ago, If you'd like to read about that, this is the link to that posting-
http://ingriddijkers.blogspot.com/2006/08/its-always-surprise.htmlWe had a lot of work to do on the festival building this year. Several things we let go over the years finally got to the point that we had to do something. The entire out side of the storage room had to be replaced including an inside panel also. I don't have any pictures of that. Shelves had to be redesigned and rebuilt on the left side of the building to better accommodate the inventory I am making now (meaning mostly Elfins). This picture to the right shows a planter on the back patio. It's a nice place for us to sit and get away from the crowds. We ran out of time and were unable to rebrick the patio as planned. We just ran out of time so that'll just have to wait till next year.
A couple of years ago we put up a 6 foot privacy fence on the patio.The picture above is looking down on to the patio from upstairs. It's small upstairs, but very comfortable. We have some stock off to one side, a big table built into the center where I can work on "parts" during festival and a comfy mattress to take a nap on. The windows are antique leaded glass from Holland. Yeah, this place is a lot of work to maintain, but I am very happy with how it looks. Festival starts next weekend and I'm looking forward to seeing how my new product line is received.