Expanding the back deck (part one)
After being inspired by the warm weather lately, we decided to go ahead on the project to sizably expand our back deck. …
This guy is better at this than you or I will ever be at anything
This is some serious skill. I had a delivery this morning from Galliher & Huguely for a small load of lumber, and …
Checking in on the upstairs porch project
If you’re like me and you prefer books with pictures, you might want to go ahead and quit reading this post. Nothing else …
Front yard before and after
I noticed an old photo of the front yard right after we planted the yard and thought it was time to do …
Porch renovation continues: Finishing the trim
We’ve made a lot of progress on the front of the house in the last few months, though we haven’t done much …
Stripping the column caps, before and after
These column caps have been especially stubborn to get the paint fully removed. Here’s a before and after of what I think …
Always with the stripping
After a brutal few weeks at work and a well-deserved week of vacation with Rachel’s family at the beach in Florida, we’re …
Concrete stripping on the steps
Half-stripped steps, originally uploaded by whiteknuckled. The steps are coming right along. I discovered that the Behr Concrete Stripper (no. 992 if you’re …
Paint the world red
Rachel and I have both wanted a red door on the house we’d own one day. Our family, for some reason that …
We’re making so much progress, we just don’t have time to write about it or take enough photos
This is really just the tip of the iceberg. After tearing the plaster ceiling out of two rooms on Saturday and Sunday …