07/21/2026
We have been talking about building a walk-in cooler for a couple of years now! Well, this spring we came across some free pallets, which sparked our creativity, and we decided to build not only a walk-in cooler but also a little flower studio where I could create. Easy breezy, right? š¤£
Well, if you donāt already know, Tony and I love to recycle and reuse materials whenever we can. About 95% of the flower truck was created from items weāve either saved over the years or were given to us!
Back in April, we came across all these free pallets. They were huge, heavy, awkward, and took forever to disassemble. (Our goal was to have it built by May 30⦠š¤£) After weeks of taking pallets apart(thanks to our son's for helping), we quickly realized that deadline was going to come and go! Considering Tony works a full-time job and also spends most weekends helping me with weddings and events, we just kept plugging away as time allowed.
There was sawing, cutting, measuring, recutting, re-sawing, and remeasuringājust to make everything fit together. When youāre using free wood, especially pallet wood, nothing lines up perfectly. I think he took it apart at least three times. 𤣠Poor guy!
Well⦠we finally have it almost completed. Complete enough for me to play with flowers I cut from my garden this morning.
As I stood there today looking around at the gardens weāve built, the flower truck weāve built, and now this little flower house weāve built, it hit meā¦
Weāve created this beautiful little life together. And because of that, I get to share beautiful flowers with all of you.
Itās indescribable to be loved so deeply and to have someone who believes in you more than you believe in yourself.
Iām so in love with the life weāve built together. ā¤ļø