Taking a grand tour of the basement as it once was
Though we’re almost finished now with the basement renovation, we’ll slowly pull back the curtain on the full project with a handful …
The totally enjoyable and awesome 2013 door and window trim replacement bonanza
We’re in the midst of a long process with the city dealing with old paint in our house that I’d rather just …
After almost two years of work, a backyard we can finally enjoy
I was thinking yesterday as I was installing the sod in the backyard about all the hours and sweat and some blood …
To say our backyard was full of rocks is like saying the Grand Canyon is “kinda deep”
And saying that “my hands are a little sore” today is like saying “our backyard is full of rocks” I rented a …
It was all building up to this point, part two – Living room cabinet complete!
Yesterday, the new living room entertainment center cabinet was half-finished. Before I wrap up the rest of the story and show off the …
It was all building up to this point…
So the plan all along was to “practice” building a bunch of built-in furniture for the house in various places, and then …
The built-in blitz continues…dining room edition
Like I said before, one day I’m going to run out of spaces to fill and radiators to cover, and that’s going …
The flurry of built-ins continue: fireplace edition
One day, I’m going to run out of nooks and radiators and corners to fill or cover with new pieces of built-in …
Testing my skills with some new custom-built furniture
“Furniture” is probably too strong of a word for what I spent the last week building: a custom radiator box combined with …
Discovered whole going through old house documents
While going through the desk this weekend I was siftng through a bunch of house related papers and I found the original …