1/25/12
Have you visited GardenTenders.com recently? Did you know there is a challenge going on? And .. did you know that our dear friend Karson has donated the extraordinary prize for the winner?
Do you know what a fairy door looks like? Or...
i am just starting to install in this 12000 square ft home in la jolla, its all radius millwork and angles. i have been milling for about a year now and have about another year to go. i will start posting pics as i progress.
Back on January 2<sup>nd</sup>, Jake came over to help me run wallboard screws. Then he got bored with wallboard screws and ran a few lag screws. Then he got bored with that and played with other stuff, but I think he had fun and I made some...
I am hosting a get-together for members of GardenTenders, LumberJocks, and HomeRefurbers in September. Due to limited space I would like to know how many people are definitely planning on attending.I realize that things can happen between now and ...
Just gotta post this! My shop, with the lights on powered by the breakers through the panels:
And the trench which contains the conduit and #4 wire that feeds it:
Electrical and drywall inspections, and the installation of the heat p...
I’m almost at the point where I can begin making the cabinets. After months and months of demo and rebuilding, the cabinets are almost in view. Although designs change almost daily, I can see an end to the renovation. There were only a few i...
It’s been 28 days since I last updated here. It feels like the home stretch, but I know it’s not yet. However, I did get enough materials out of the driveway today that we should be able to park there tomorrow!
Since the last update...
Seems as though it has been a long time (15 months) in coming since my earlier and only posted item here on Refurbishers®. As such, I was feeling that perhaps a new posting was to be my ‘today’s project.’
Project indeed! Perus...
I was able to move both the light and construct the arches in two nights. It would have been much easier incorporating the arches into the original design, however, I found it was not all that horrible building off site.
Laying everything out o...
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I am honestly not keeping track of how many change orders have taken place, because most of them originated from me opening my big mouth and suggesting a different approach. Just when I thought it was safe to move on to another segment of the job,...
My Dad came out to visit for two weeks, and we kicked it pretty hard. We assembled the walls, and with some help from my friend Alan got ‘em up. We got the sheathing on, and after a mis-communication with the truss guys got the trusses up, a...
I don’t know where exactly to put this so I guess a blog entry is the best. First of all I am just a guy in Maine with an 18 ft wood garage door. Heavy and older. (the door… I guess me too) Anyway, I am not in any way affiliated with a...
Although I told the client MANY times that this remodeling job will take a long time, I do not think she believed me. Working by myself, and for only a couple of hours a night, it is rather difficult for real progress to take place. There were man...
The foundation and the ground works are over. I have made some hand splitted rock foundation and the basement under the house:
http://vimeo.com/24390643
Now the framing has started. All the timber is prepared by myself in my forest at the ri...
I and my friend (master blacksmith) made chisels and a slick for my upcoming Timber Framing project. He made the steel parts. I made handles and leather tip guards. In my opinion chisels and the slick came out very high quality. So the idea was bo...
i just did a video review of the new kapex ug stand thought you might like to see it in case you have a kapex and need a stand.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gN_0sK_dzbo
Go to the bottom and Push play….please
some progress pictures….....
new pocket-door to the bathroom
Some framing
Some drywall
Somewhere over the rainbow…...
lights, camera, color...did someone...
Back in september I was referred to this customer who had been looking for someone like me for a long time to do his home office the way he wanted it done and not the way they wanted to do it. I agreed.
got the job, and I custom made all the c...
Have you noticed how the selection of desks in the big chain furniture has become less inspiring as the years go by? Desks are an important component of any room. It is where we study, read, use the computer and so on. That’s why it’s ...
At the end of the quiet wooded street I grew up on, there once stood an upholsterer’s workshop called Brownie’s Upholstery. The workshop was a landmark for me well into my twenties. When I was likely no more than four, my father took m...
So I have been working on this project for a couple weeks already but I figured I’d catch you all up to speed.
Here are the facts:
1. I live in a condo in Gilbert, Arizona.2. The condo is about 30 yrs old.3. There is an enclosed por...
Thanks for letting me post here, Michal! I just wanted to remind all the handymen and women out there that April is National Safe Digging Month across the country. National Safe Digging Awareness Month is dedicated to informing gardeners and DIYer...
I build this barn 4 to 5 years ago. I started with 12”x12” tiles added treated 4×4 risers, skids, floor joists, and build the rest on top. I did this knowing that I would some day move the building. That day is today.
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The houses made it up the hill. Here is the first one, the playhouse.
The playhouse was given to us by a lady that stopped me walking around in Costco. She was very insistent that I should take her playhouse. The price was right; free. It was s...
We’d like to share a few pictures of our backyard this morning.
I walked around the block today, & took some pictures of our van.
I haven’t seen it since last Saturday. We’ve been sticking close to home.
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