Each of the 12 shutters were made from three pieces, one shutter core and two shutter panels, each piece individually painted. Turns out painting them was the easiest part. Assembling … Continue Reading Doll House Surprise for My Granddaughter – Finishing Touches
Returning to the instructions, the next step was to add the two porch floors, the posts, the railings and the gingerbread adornments. Continuing to follow the color scheme on the … Continue Reading Doll House Surprise for My Granddaughter – Topping Out
In between working on sections of the foundation, I continued to paint seemingly every surface of the walls. After three coats of paint (four seemed no better), I was finally … Continue Reading Doll House Surprise for My Granddaughter – The Walls Go Up
I have been waiting for this day for a long time! Several years ago, I posted about these two dollhouses I built for my daughter when she was young. After … Continue Reading Doll House Surprise for My Granddaughter – Laying the Foundation
Today marks seven years that I have been blogging with my first post having been published on February 9th, 2013! Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine I would … Continue Reading Seven Years!
Yesterday marked six years that I have been blogging with my first post having been published on February 9th2013! It is hard for me to believe that I have come … Continue Reading Six Years!
My wife and I have this friendly game we play called Snake. Now before you let your mind wander into the gutter about some X-rated use, this is an innocent … Continue Reading Snake!
One of the items I added to my “Long Term To Do” list after I retired last year was to clean out the garage, a major undertaking given we have … Continue Reading Workbench Rescue
This week marks five years since I began blogging with my first post having been published on February 9th 2013! It is hard for me to believe that I have … Continue Reading Five Years!
In 2013, I wrote a blog post about exploring the artist in me—an artistic challenge that was inspired by my admiration for a painting that hung on the wall where … Continue Reading Painting at Work
Happy Birthday! It’s hard for me to believe but on February 9th it will have been three years since I published my first blog post. And since that day, I … Continue Reading Three Years!
Happy Birthday! It has been two years on February 9th since I published my first blog post. And since that day, I have been coming to you every Sunday morning … Continue Reading Two Years!
Phone Chair – Party Line If this is your first visit to this blog, you might want to read my previous posts on how I planned and made my … Continue Reading Phone Chair – Party Line
It has been a while since I first published a post about building a small miniature chair for your phone to relax in. So if you missed these posts on … Continue Reading Phone Chair – Call Back
Happy Birthday! It has been one year to the day since I first published my blog post. I must say it was my daughter and my wife—both who blog—that served … Continue Reading One Year
Fall is an exciting time of year to think of cooler weather, football, holidays or back to school. Something much more mundane to think about is buying a calendar for … Continue Reading Calendars