When is a Dining Room Not a Dining Room?
Do you happen to have a home with a separate, formal dining room? If so, do you frequently use it? My wife and I have been married for over 40 … Continue Reading When is a Dining Room Not a Dining Room?
Virtual DIY Bathroom –Completion (Finishing Touches)
Continued from Virtual DIY Bathroom – Restoration (Setting Tiles) After stretching out this series of blog posts, seemingly as long as it took for his actual work, we are now … Continue Reading Virtual DIY Bathroom –Completion (Finishing Touches)
Virtual DIY Bathroom – Restoration (Setting Tiles)
Continued from Virtual DIY Bathroom – Restoration (Finding Tiles) At the end of our last installment, my brother had probably reached the fourth stage of grief—depression, as he realized the … Continue Reading Virtual DIY Bathroom – Restoration (Setting Tiles)
Virtual DIY Bathroom – Restoration (Finding Tiles)
Continued from Virtual DIY Bathroom – Reconstruction (Last Boards) Today, we return to the COVID-induced, virtual collaboration I had with my brother to renovate the downstairs half-bath/powder room in their … Continue Reading Virtual DIY Bathroom – Restoration (Finding Tiles)
Virtual DIY Bathroom – Reconstruction (Last Boards)
Continued from Virtual DIY Bathroom – Reconstruction (First Boards) If you read my brother’s most recent post about his DIY project, you know he had some “real fun” while installing … Continue Reading Virtual DIY Bathroom – Reconstruction (Last Boards)
Virtual DIY Bathroom – Reconstruction (First Boards)
Continued from Virtual DIY Bathroom – Demolition Our previous installment of this virtual DIY project left my brother with newly painted walls and bare wood beneath his feet. In a … Continue Reading Virtual DIY Bathroom – Reconstruction (First Boards)
Virtual DIY Bathroom – Demolition
Continued from Virtual DIY Bathroom – Preparation It has been a while…more than two months, in fact…but today, we return to the saga of my brother’s renovation of his … Continue Reading Virtual DIY Bathroom – Demolition
Virtual DIY Bathroom – Preparation
Continued from Virtual DIY Bathroom – Introduction When we last heard from my brother, he was wrestling with how to redo his downstairs bathroom in the middle of a global … Continue Reading Virtual DIY Bathroom – Preparation
Virtual DIY Bathroom – Introduction
(Cowritten with my brother) At the height of the pandemic, we all grew accustomed to just about everything being virtual. Starting first with virtual meetings, then virtual training, virtual runs, … Continue Reading Virtual DIY Bathroom – Introduction
More Kids’ Projects
This past summer, I took on another project for my in-town son and his family. In their new home, I previously painted their kitchen and hearth room, my granddaughter’s room, … Continue Reading More Kids’ Projects
“Step Right Up”
Once I rebuilt the deck overlooking our pool, I knew I would have to rebuild the steps leading from the walkway as well. But unlike the deck where it was … Continue Reading “Step Right Up”
“No Hands Left on Deck!”
I decided to rebuild the lower deck in the same manner that we originally built the deck, by first attaching the decking with straight cut edges on the front and … Continue Reading “No Hands Left on Deck!”
“More Hands on Deck!”
It took nearly two weeks of working off and on to get the upper and lower decks ready for new decking. One remaining task was to remove the decking from … Continue Reading “More Hands on Deck!”
“All Hands on Deck!”
It has been several years since I first described the building of this two-level deck in our backyard. Designed by our oldest son, a landscape architect, and originally built in … Continue Reading “All Hands on Deck!”
Kid’s Home Projects
Now that all three of our kids have grown up, married and bought their own homes, I am getting to do some really fun projects for them. If you follow … Continue Reading Kid’s Home Projects
♫ It Was a Very Good Year♫
2019 turned out to be a very good year. And for me, that was a bit surprising because I am much more partial to even numbered years than to odd … Continue Reading ♫ It Was a Very Good Year♫
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