I built a bench out of some scrap lumber this weekend. Made it “narrow-stance” to allow for the severely rounded edges on the two pieces of 2×6; then Terry suggested he liked the rounded bits on the sitting side. So…
I’ve been wanting to get this done since last December; not sure what I was waiting for. Anyway, this will be the first time I’ve cased a window, installed a windowsill, etc. I think it went pretty well.…
Well, almost. I still need to make a shade or blind for the window, but that will have to wait a bit. No, this finishing touch is artwork. I framed up some of my small watercolors, and…
Oh, yay! I finally get to use my storage/workroom for something besides storage and packing. I've always planned for this to be where I do my picture framing, but I haven't had a need to frame anything in a long while.
I keep lots of large cardboard boxes and styrofoam on hand for when I need to ship my paintings. I decided I needed a simple shelf for containing the large cardboard.
OK, next project. I have always hated this brass light fixture, and I don’t know why it never occurred to me that we could just go ahead and replace it at any time. So now is the time.…
So, I decided to go ahead and keep working on this bathroom. My next task was to install crown molding. I couldn’t have known in advance how many things could possibly go wrong.
