Continued from: Doll House Furnishings – Phase 14 With three coats of semi-gloss polyurethane applied, I was ready for assembly. Once I had glued on the slat frame, I drew … Continue Reading Doll House Furnishings – Phase 15
Continued from: Doll House Furnishings – Phase 13 While my sister was figuring out how to miniaturize the Mid-Century Modern desk, I decided to turn my attention to the bedroom … Continue Reading Doll House Furnishings – Phase 14
If you have read many of my blog posts, you know that I like to do stuff with my hands—build, replace or repair. To complete many of these projects, I … Continue Reading Tool Time for Me
Two years ago, my wife and I flew out to San Francisco with our youngest son and his two children to visit our oldest son and his family. It was … Continue Reading Cousin Get Together
Continued from: Doll House Furnishings – Phase 12 While we were together in October on our SibSab, I mentioned to my sister that we needed a Mid-Century Modern desk to … Continue Reading Doll House Furnishings – Phase 13
Continued from: Doll House Furnishings – Phase 11 With the front room furniture done, it was now time to return to the second-floor office and first up was to remake … Continue Reading Doll House Furnishings – Phase 12
Continued from: Doll House Furnishings – Phase 10 Once I had glued the two sides and back to the bottom of the credenza, I decided to check the fit of … Continue Reading Doll House Furnishings – Phase 11
Continued from: Doll House Furnishings – Phase 9 It has been a while since I last provided an update on building the furnishings for my doll house. In the last … Continue Reading Doll House Furnishings – Phase 10
Continued from: A Pool Anniversary – First Quarter Century Once I figured out that I could reduce the weight of the lift-out panel by cutting it down from twelve pickets … Continue Reading A Pool Anniversary – Next Quarter Century
July 2025 marks the 25th anniversary of us having a pool in our backyard. A lot has changed over the years both with our pool, the landscaping surrounding it, and … Continue Reading A Pool Anniversary – First Quarter Century
As you can see, I purchased the next in this LEGO “Modular Building” series. I have previously written about the Jazz Club, the Boutique Hotel, and the Natural History Museum … Continue Reading LEGO Tudor Building
In May, my wife and took a road trip, one that I had been wanting for us to take for several years. Pre-pandemic, a friend of mine at the gym … Continue Reading Weekend Tennessee Road Trip
Let me first start off by saying that based on the title of this post, if you are not interested in learning more about the story of Barbie, feel free … Continue Reading Getting to Know Barbie
In 2023, I wrote a post about how I was going to have to retire my big pull-down screen, projector and theater sound DVD system. You can click here for … Continue Reading Big Screen TV
I’ve done it again. I’ve gone and read another car book—one to add to the multitude of car books that I have already read and of which I have previously … Continue Reading AMC – Gone but Not Forgotten
Continued from: Miniature Bookshelf Loft – Getting Started Next up was to make some books to place on that bookshelf I had previously assembled, and this kit used the same … Continue Reading Miniature Bookshelf Loft – Finishing Off