The light fixture I made for ease of key insertion during nocturnal hours. Fixture - black iron gas pipe Shade - Construction Junction

Skylight installation on La Belle Street.

Had some friends over on Sunday to rip up the granite tile in our living room. Underneath, there are signs that maybe two different carpets had been there before the tile. Despite all that abuse, the wood floor underneath is still in fairly good shape.

I didn't notice this as soon as I would have liked, but the drywall actually hangs over the framed opening. I whittled it back down with a utility knife so I could get the hinge side jamb to sit nice and flat. Without doing that it would never be plumb, which is what I think was causing most of the troubles with the previous door.

Hello happy yellow! January 6, 2006

another project--finally replaced all that nasty pressure treated wood with cedar. May 2006

Lisa has cleared dirt, cobwebs, and other debris from the space under the now-removed patio deck. Notice the discarded toy that somehow got underneath the deck long ago.

Thank you, Gardner Hardware!

This is the dining room table I inherited from my grandma. It matches the buffet. I wish she had had some chairs for me to inherit. I'm not even sure what kind of chairs would go with it.

Our remodeled bathroom

Papa Ben is removing the chandelier.

The free sod I got from across the street - Which, as you can see, is doing about as well as you'd think free sod would.

We found this behind the mirror at my grandma's condo. She's lived there for 20 years. We know neither Paul, nor Sharon.

Same for this side, but they haven't been planted as long.

$80 mirror, got it for $20. :)

The trim around the outside needed to be re-fastened. Shrinking wood had loosened up all the nails!

This'll make a nice little nightstand for the new house. It was my first try at refinishing. Total cost to me was about $9 and 9 hours.

And here is the door basking the warm, glowing rays of the blah blah blah....

new cedar deck and we helped! May 2006

I was only able to get the backsplash up on one wall this afternoon. The process went slower than I had planned because of all the spacers that were needed.

Laying on a diagonal helps join the two areas, as it is a strangely laid out space.

After a bunch of hassle with levels and drills and cutting my thumb, I'm finally putting the screws into the drywall anchors.

project black wall. L had fun!

BAH! I've had painting tape disasters before, but this was was weird. I had taped up the wall before painting the ceiling and I took the tape off less than 20 minutes after finishing my painting. This one wall it just snatched up all the paint. So my Saturday Night painting adventures continued. :)

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