Trim Work (almost) finished
Finally! It was really simple to do, I just needed to find the right sized rosettes for the master bedroom windows to match the rest of the house. For the last year and a half, there were two and a...
View ArticleBathroom Ventilation
When we purchased our 1965 model ranch, we had a mold problem. There were several reasons for this, but one, which became immediately apparent was the bathroom had no ventilation. Ahhh, that nice...
View ArticleFixing a Crooked Door
Since we finished all of the major repair work year and a half ago, our house has settled a little bit. I knew that this would happen, so it did not bother me too much. Frankly, I think we got off...
View ArticleFlooded Basement
I am fed up with this rain. I went outside this morning and shook my fist at the sky. We have had so much rain, water is now coming up, out of the floor drains in the basement. Fortunately, the sump...
View ArticleHow to make an end table from a Stump
This began as a how to project, but then other things kept coming up, and the stump table never quite was finished. Since it was so nice out yesterday, I took the opportunity to move the finishing...
View ArticleCrown molding in the Kitchen
Ah, the wonderful world of the 22 and 1/2 degree angle… When we put our kitchen in, we did not put soffets over the cabinets. I don’t know, I never did like the way that looked. It also seemed like a...
View ArticlePutting a ceiling fan up in the Master Bedroom
Jay was nice enough to give me his old ceiling fan that I think he took out of his Kitchen. It sat in the basement for several months until I worked up the motivation to clean it off and put it up. Of...
View ArticleNew Bunk Bed
William is now a little past two years old and getting too big for his crib. So we decided that we would get a bunk bed for his room. This way, if we have company, they can sleep in Eliza’s room...
View ArticleHow much money did I save using my woodstove this year?
We burn about a cord of firewood in our Jotul F-100 Wood stove every year. Our primary source of heat is the oil fired boiler in the basement, the wood stove is a supplemental or backup source. On...
View ArticleBasement not flooding
It is hard to take a picture of what is not there. Since June 10th, we have received 5.38 inches of rain. That is quite a bit for a 9 day period. Our old basement would have looked like this: flooded...
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