It’s a good idea to take a step back
Paula did most of the work, but I will take credit for all of it
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The magic of 3 and 4 way switches
Our front hall light has three switches, downstairs, upstairs and on the landing by the front door. I finally got tired of having to run up and down the stairs to adjust…
A Productive Weekend
At around 8 tonight (which should have felt like 7 due to the time change) exhaustion set in. I didn't really feel like I should be all that tired but looking back…
That’s going to leave a mark
Paula and I spent the day in the garden, pulling weeds, putting down landscaping cloth and covering the whole thing with mulch. The result is tremendously satisfying. It was, however, an all-day…
I made a box!
Exciting stuff, right? It's my prototype for my new office built-ins. Now I'm ready for the real thing, just needs to be a bit bigger. I have the layout all planned out…
Resource Furniture: the Q of interior design
This furniture is just way too cool. I just need an excuse to move into a 200 square foot New York loft. You expect me to talk? No Mr. Bond, I expect…
Tonight’s project: retrofit a retro lamp
Last weekend Paula and I were in Space Oddity, a retro antique shop in Ballard, and I spotted a cool, old desk lamp. It reminded me a lot of the type of…
Bathroom remodel, days eleven and twelve
Paula had a break in her homework load and so we did some tag team tile work. The weekend flew and we now have just a little edge-work left before doing the…
Bathroom remodel, days nine and ten
Roughly another day of work, spread across Saturday and Sunday, and I put a whole bunch more tile up on the back wall of the shower surround. Time to turn my attention…
Bathroom remodel, days seven and eight
Okay, I admit it, I was a little intimidated by the tile portion of the project. I knew if I screwed up the other stuff that it could be easily corrected or…
Bathroom remodel, days five and six
Got the tub plumbing finished yesterday and Philip and I did the sheetrock and backer board done today. Next up: tile. IMAGE_011.jpg
Bathroom, days three and four
A big tip of the hat goes to Phillip for all his help over the past couple of days. There's no way I would have been able to get this 316 pound…
End of day one.
After swinging a 5 pound sledge for 4 hours we are now short 3 walls, 2 shower doors and 1 bathtub. IMAGE_029.jpg I think we'll sleep well tonight.
Aren’t going to reuse that tub?
How to remove a bathtub, caveman style. IMAGE_027.jpg IMAGE_028.jpg Homo-erectus? No, Homo-destructus. Ugh! Grock Smash!
Remodeling the bathroom, day one
Well, it's begun. Let's see how long this takes. IMAGE_025.jpg