Making wood window screens
What goes into making a custom vintage-style window screen… All the windows on the second story are vertical casement windows that open inward. Most of them were without screens. Having … Read more…
Exterior
Old Slab Out — New Slab In
I think this might have been the patio before the back deck was installed…who knows…Nevertheless, the concrete had seen better days and it just looked sad. 🙁 The old slab didn’t … Read more…
All Decked Out
The deck was already here but it didn’t have any railings and one end of it was quite high off the ground (the lot slopes). So, in order to make … Read more…
Reconstructing the wall
The previous version of the wall was a loosely stacked stone wall consisting of sandstone. Because the new incarnation is more tightly fitted, like a giant, HEAVY, jigsaw puzzle, there … Read more…
Humpty Dumpty…
Well, in this case, it’s not Humpty Dumpty that fell down, it’s the wall. We have a stacked stone retaining wall along the sidewalk—who knows how long it’s been there—but … Read more…
Front entrance has a new look!
I’ve been wanting to paint the front door ever since we moved in. This last Saturday I did it! I already purchased the paint quite a while ago, so all … Read more…