I’ve been moving right along with my bulging garage wall repair. In my previous post on the topic, I explained my dilemma. Due to my persistence though, I seemed to have figured something out to help the situation. What I came up with is a fairly good solution, if I don’t say so myself. Before […]
Carpentry & Building
Having lived through a few house remodels, I've learned a few things about what it takes to build and to engage in carpentry. Whether it be building out a bathroom, remodeling a kitchen, or tearing down and constructing a brand new screened in porch, if it's got to do with carpentry or building something out of wood and I've written about it, you'll likely find it here. In this category, I share my carpentry related experiences in regards to many of the projects I've either completed myself or have hired someone else to complete. There's tons of very valuable information in these posts.
Fail: Fixing a Bulging Garage Wall
“How do you pick up the threads of an old life? How do you go on, when in your heart you begin to understand…there is no going back? There are some things that time cannot mend. Some hurts that go too deep, that have taken hold.” Frodo – The Lord of the Rings: The Return […]
Building a Homemade Puzzle Table From Plywood & Lumber
There are some things you just can’t buy. Don’t mark my words here or anything, but I have yet to see a huge puzzle table that’s made out of a sheet of plywood out there for sale. Sure, I came across a few little tables that sit on people’s laps, but never one that measures […]
My Very Shiny Homemade Iron Pipe Media Table
I know there are a lot of words in this post title, but I couldn’t leave any of them out. They’re all important. A while back, I began my search for media tables. I have this idea that I’m going to eventually purchase a nice Yamaha audio visual receiver, some speakers and a small television […]
How To Make Wooden Sawhorses
A few weeks back, I had a project to finish up in the downstairs bathroom. Apparently, the upstairs toilet, which is directly above the downstairs toilet, was dipping (not dripping, dipping). For whatever reason, it felt like the floor under the toilet upstairs sat ever so slightly lower than the rest of the floor in […]
Hanging Some Window Moulding
I had a few things to get done today. One of them was to go to the appliance store and buy a dishwasher. The other one was to fix the windowsill in the kitchen and to hang some window moulding. I did buy the dishwasher. I went over to the store, walked in and told […]
Hanging Crown Moulding in the Bathroom
I tackled the crown moulding in the bathroom last night. Have I told you that I really hate hanging crown moulding? The room is almost exactly 5’x9′. It’s not too big, so I couldn’t cheat with two pieces of moulding per wall. I had to cut one piece each. This was easier than I thought, […]
A Little Porch Update
I just wanted to share with you the creatures who are really enjoying the new porch more than anyone else, especially since it is getting a little chilly in the morning. Please allow me to introduce to you, Simon (the orange cat), Michael (the black and white tuxedo cat) and Flipperhumanbodyman (the all black cat). […]
Screened In Porch – Complete
I took the day off to finish up the trim on the screened in porch. This was pretty much the last thing I had to do before we start populating it with furniture. Good thing it was supposed to be 1,000,000 degrees out today. Hmmm, let’s add 3,700% humidity to that, ok? I got started […]
Screened Porch Trim
Yesterday, I screened the porch and today, I went out to Lowes and bought all the trim. I chose Lowes, because I looked at Home Depot’s trim and a lot of it was all warped and twisted. I wasn’t in the mood to search through that big pile all day. I needed 16 pieces of […]