192 days ago
by Dan Lyke |
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On the left is how it looks now, on the right is how it used to look. You may think it’s not an improvement, but if you look closely, on the blown-up version of the left, you can see a new lattice there.
When we moved in, the back yard had an awning, with lots of ferns and other low sun plants. Most of what we want to grow wants full sun, so we pulled out the awning, and we really need to replace the fence, but we haven’t gotten there yet. So this is forward enough that ho...
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80 days ago
by 3fingerpat |
3 comments »
Received the new wet tile saw from Amazon, several days sooner than expected. The new saw works great and is extremely easy to setup and use, just like it was advertised. I continued installing the small tiles above the back splash as far as I could go. The remaining portion of the wall is not plumb and needs to be refloated. I met with the contractor this morning and she won’t be back until around Nov to do the walls and ceiling. Kinda long from now but she is a dear friend who ha...
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143 days ago
by Michal Bulla |
0 comments »
Let me introduce our very first HomeRefurbers Awards - Summer 2008 edition.
Feel free to compete in this unique category:
Decked Out In Comfort: Whether your outdoor space is a balcony, terrace, patio or deck, turning it into “your space” is part of the pleasure! Show us how you have renovated your deck (whatever that is for you) and how you have made it your own personal retreat. We want to see creativity, comfort, and skill, all rolled into one, in this first-ever Awar...
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62 days ago
by Karson |
6 comments »
I just installed the first cabinets for the kitchen in Delaware.
Old Picture. You can see my Greene and Greene Thorsten table that was entered in a LumberJock challenge.
New picture.
The counter top is from the old cabinet. i plan to put down Corian. I’m doing it myself so I’ll do some fill-in first until I get the shop emptied a little.
I built one upper cabinet and one lower cabinet. A lot of other wood has been cut and the pieces needing veneer have been mostly ...
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166 days ago
by PaBull |
1 comment »
So, we finally got some work done around the new house this week. We are watching the finances (business is not the greatest this year) and this slows us down a bit. A couple of weeks ago we did get our final, so now the push is to get the house livable.
Outside we are grading 12” off the top of the yard and we will backfill this with good soil. Our yard is DG, you can not get a shovel in the ground.
the garage is still a mess, everytime i do a little project, i need w...
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97 days ago
by MRTRIM |
21 comments »
ive gotten some emails asking where ive been . thanks to those concerned . fact is ive been in rehab for about 60 days and finally broke free of the l j and h r habit and have been spending the time in the shop . lolim currently working on an entertainment center . i hired a new carpenter but im not convinced its going to work out !!
somethings telling me to wait till he gets the blade out of the sawsall before i tell him hes fired !! lol keep the chips flying and have fun !
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39 days ago
by mbulla |
4 comments »
Halloween Challenge: HomeRefurbers | LumberJocks | GardenTenders
I can hear those hinges creaking for the first time in a long time and see cobwebs and ghosts haunting the doorway. Oh yes, the challenge is on! Decorate your front door for Halloween and enter the project in our first ever HomeRefurbers’ Halloween Challenge. Make it fun and inspire us with your creativity.
PRIZES
Lee Valley will provide 3 random winners with the following great prizes:
$50 gift card
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87 days ago
by PaBull |
2 comments »
OK Mr Trim, today is your lucky day, I am posting so you don’t have to.
The pictures are taken with my PDA, so they are not the best quality. This first picture is me still finishing some cabinet doors going into the laundry room.
These are step stools, bought at IKEA for the short people in our household to reach the upper cabinets going all the way up to the 9’ ceiling.
Working on the closets and pantry. We are using laminated solid pine for shelving. I fini...
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131 days ago
by Dick, & Barb Cain |
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I finally got the 2” X 6” for the balusters.
Photos by Barb.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~It took approximately 10 minutes to cut out a baluster, Then I rounded all of the corner with a 1/2” radius bit.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Piled up ready to apply.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~First one!
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214 days ago
by Dan Lyke |
5 comments »
Last week, some door to door sales guys came by pitching replacement windows. I thought “this ought to be fun”, and scheduled an appointment. Surprisingly, they seemed to have a darned good deal, 6 Anlin windows, including a monster picture window, for $3200 installed. Poking around gave us a fairly good impression of Anlin windows relative to various other premium vinyl windows (ie: Milgard, etc), but as we dug further we started to think that vinyl wasn’t a look we liked.
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