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Note to Self

by Lindsay Ballard on June 6, 2011 22 Comments

On Saturday morning, I got up before the rest of my family to spray paint my now unsmelly thrift store dresser.  When you live where I live, the best spray painting is done before 7 am when it’s not too hot and the wind is eerily still.  Crazy, but you gotta do what you gotta do.

The grass was dewey when I headed into the backyard, so I put down a plastic tarp to protect my dresser.  I normally use a canvas tarp when painting, but I didn’t want the grass to get it wet.

After I painted the dresser, we ran some errands and then came back home to bring the it inside.  Tom and I were surprised to see how much moisture was on the bottom of the plastic tarp.  I guess the sun had drawn all of the moisture out of the grass, which, in turn, became severely dehydrated in a few short hours.

The good news is that my dresser looks amazing (and I will reveal it to you soon).  The bad news is that the grass now looks like this:

Note to self: 100 degree heat + plastic sheeting over moist lawn = dead grass.  Hopefully, it will come back pretty quickly.  If not, our backyard will serve as a reminder of my stupidity for the rest of the summer.

About Lindsay Ballard

Lindsay Ballard is a former college mascot turned political geek turned roller derby playing, DIY fanatic.

Lindsay chronicles her projects, design ideas, and lifestyle tips here at Makely, where she shares tutorials and inspiration. Her DIY designs are bold and graphic, while her spirit is fun and full of color.

Lindsay lives outside of Austin, Texas with her husband (Tom), children (Zack and Emma), and dogs (Duke and Jill). She plays roller derby for the Rockin' City Rollergirls out of Round Rock, Texas.

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Comments

  1. Amanda @ Serenity Now says

    June 6, 2011 at 7:36 am

    Ooh, no! (smacks palm on forehead) What a bummer, Lindsay. I don’t think that I would have thought to move the tarp either!!

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  2. Laurel G says

    June 6, 2011 at 7:38 am

    Hehe, well at least you use a tarp/plastic. I use pieces of cardboard and I just spray and get fun little shapes on my grass lol. Luckily it has been pretty small things so far so no major over-spray issues. Hope the grass comes back!

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  3. Amber says

    June 6, 2011 at 7:59 am

    Tee hee… happens to the best of us!

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  4. PJ says

    June 6, 2011 at 8:11 am

    D’oh! That’s the worst 🙁 I too sometimes just spraypaint directly onto the grass. I figure it will grow and get cut and no one will know. Then again sometimes I have grass shadows I have to cover up where the grass blocked the spray and that’s just so attractive.

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  5. Barbara aka Pink Overalls says

    June 6, 2011 at 10:21 am

    And I thought you’all didn’t even get dew in Texas. That’s amazing to have so much destruction in such a short time. I’m sure your lawn will recover. Or not…

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  6. Deborah says

    June 6, 2011 at 12:01 pm

    Oh, I feel your pain. I’ve done this numerous times with the slip n’ slide. I have also completely melted the insulation on our hot tub cover with the notorious slip n’ slide when we laid it over the hot tub to dry for an hour. It’s amazing what the heat from the sun will do when coupled with vinyl or plastic.

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  7. Rachel says

    June 6, 2011 at 12:32 pm

    Now what you need to do is spray paint the grass green again! 🙂

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    • Lindsay says

      June 8, 2011 at 10:39 am

      You are one smart cookie!

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  8. Danielle says

    June 6, 2011 at 2:02 pm

    Or, you have created the perfect spray painting spot for the rest of the summer…I’d say that’s a perfect excuse to spray paint everything!

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  9. Amy at The Red Chair Blog says

    June 6, 2011 at 3:30 pm

    Wow! And I thought our NC sun was ruthless. Oh well, why not just spray paint that brown patch green 🙂 ?

    I’ve been away from Blogland for ages–I think you were still pregnant when I took a break from blogging, so congratulations on your beautiful baby girl and your little guy who’s getting so big!! I love the nursery pics–so serene.

    Amy

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    • Lindsay says

      June 8, 2011 at 10:39 am

      Thank you, Amy!

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  10. Pam says

    June 6, 2011 at 4:38 pm

    Oh wow! I would never have thought that would happen! If it does not bounce back… you could always spraypaint! 🙂

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  11. Nancy says

    June 6, 2011 at 5:37 pm

    Want to kill your entire lawn in a hurry? Lay out a swimming pool cover (the kind that floats on the water to heat the water) on the lawn to cut it!

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    • Lindsay says

      June 8, 2011 at 10:40 am

      Oof! That sounds like you have had the same experience as me. It’s crazy how quickly the grass will die.

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      • Nancy says

        June 8, 2011 at 10:48 am

        This was Really dumb since the point of the cover is to conduct heat!

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  12. Debbie says

    June 6, 2011 at 6:42 pm

    I did the same thing with a door mat last week. Threw it down on the grass as I washed down the porch and porch furniture for somewhere between 2-3 hours. Picked it up and dead grass. Mowed twice since then and there’s still a bit of dead grass. Even DH was surprised!

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  13. Brienna says

    June 7, 2011 at 8:24 am

    I wonder if this works on weeds! 🙂

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    • Lindsay says

      June 8, 2011 at 10:40 am

      You are brilliant!

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  14. Ruth says

    June 7, 2011 at 6:16 pm

    Wow-that sun is very hot. Hopefully your lawn comes back quickly.

    I have been doing some catching up on your blog. It’s been way too long since I’ve had a chance to stop by.

    Ruth

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    • Lindsay says

      June 8, 2011 at 10:41 am

      Hi Ruth! Glad to see you!

      Reply
  15. Heather says

    June 7, 2011 at 7:33 pm

    Spray paint the lawn green!!

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  16. Genevieve says

    July 2, 2011 at 2:11 am

    I feel your pain. We have 2! similar areas in the shape of a slip n slide.

    Reply

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About Makely

Lindsay Ballard is a former college mascot turned political geek turned roller derby playing, DIY fanatic.

Lindsay chronicles her projects, design ideas, and lifestyle tips here at Makely, where she shares tutorials and inspiration. Her DIY designs are bold and graphic, while her spirit is fun and full of color.

Lindsay lives outside of Austin, Texas with her husband (Tom), children (Zack and Emma), and dogs (Duke and Jill). She plays roller derby for the Rockin' City Rollergirls out of Round Rock, Texas.


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