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Modern Nursery Remodel

Modern Nursery Remodel

My wife Meg just posted some photos and our process for our modern... more >
My wife Meg just posted some photos and our process for our modern nursery remodel. It was a lot of work but also very rewarding. Meg and I are blessed to share similar opinions on modern design which makes working on any room in the house fun because I'm not working on something I don't...
Benched for the Duration

Benched for the Duration

I finally got a Saturday to finish up the bench I've been working... more >
I finally got a Saturday to finish up the bench I've been working on over the last few months. Really, I got it about half way done and left it because I didn't want to buy the wood. Oak can be pretty costly. Still It's nice to have a solid wood bench that goes with...
Custom Modern Closet Part 2

Custom Modern Closet Part 2

I went to Woodcraft and bought 2 types of hinges one for inside... more >
I went to Woodcraft and bought 2 types of hinges one for inside doors called a 1/2 hinge and another type called a full hinge for the doors that need to be flush to the sides. Both kinds of hinges are European style so when opening the doors they don't pivot and hit each other....
Custom Modern Closet Part 1

Custom Modern Closet Part 1

Once we got it figured out I asked my father-in-law for a bit... more >
Once we got it figured out I asked my father-in-law for a bit of help and we went and got the wood. I used oak plywood over the summer to build a head board with shelves and really like how it looked with our grey walls so I went with oak again. I cut each...
Bathroom Remodel Update

Bathroom Remodel Update

If you haven’t seen the previous bathroom reno post you can check... more >

If you haven’t seen the previous bathroom reno post you can check it out here and see what it looked like before we got started.

Shower and Sink

I’m not quite ready for the big reveal. In fact I just reinstalled…

Bathroom Reno Progress Report

Bathroom Reno Progress Report

bathroom before

I... more >

bathroom before

I took the second part of a recent off so that I could tear apart the bathroom and Meg could tile the kitchen. As I had guessed, renovating a bathroom is a lot of work. Above is what our…

Chalk One Up to Inexperience

Cabinet level

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Cabinet level

Leveling the cabinets

Let me level with you. (Sorry I couldn’t resist.) It’s been a bit of a crazy month so far. My wife and I just about finished the master bedroom upstairs...

House Work: Kitchen Renovation

Future Kitchenmore >

Future Kitchen

One of the reasons posting has gotten slow lately is because summer is here and I can work on our house again. This summer/fall we have four goals, we are renovating the kitchen, the bathroom, the upstairs bedroom and the putting in…

Kitchen Island Project

Kitchen Island Projectmore >

Kitchen Island Project

Kitchen Island Back

Some of you may have seen the pictures on facebook already. One of the reasons I haven’t posted in awhile is that for the last two and...

Remodelista

Just a quick fun note. The table I made was shown on more >

Just a quick fun note. The table I made was shown on Remodelista. It credits my wife for making it because she also posted it on her blog. I don’t mind. She had some input that…

Our Dinning Room Table

Table 3

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Table 3

Dinning room table 2

Dinning room table 1

My wife took these photos of the dining room table I built with help...