HAPPY (ALMOST) NEW YEAR!!!!! I hope your 2013 was full of blessings! I can't believe another year is almost gone. Time really does fly when you're getting old having fun!! We've been busy in our family room this year. I just couldn't seem to get out of that room. […]
Category: butcher block countertop
THE COMPLETION OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BOOKCASES
As I sit in my family room looking at a beautiful wall to wall, floor to ceiling bookcase, I let out a big YEAH!!! I’m also doing the happy dance!!! We’ve been working hard for a long time, learning so much and having a lot of fun (that’s my word, not the LOML’s!) while building […]
THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BOOKCASES #5 ~ The Electric Sander
In EVERY project we have ever done, there's always something that doesn't work out exactly the way we planned. The built-in bookcase in our family room is no exception. I am the idea man (or woman) and the LOML is the how-to man (and he really is a man!). The thought and work he has […]
THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BOOKCASES #3 ~ The Kreg Jig, Jr.
My youngest kids, Daughters #1 and 2, are in a year round elementary school. That means they are in school for about 9 weeks, then off for about 3 weeks all year long. Their breaks are a little longer for Christmas and summer. All my kids have gone to year-round schools since we moved to NC […]
STAINING SOME BUTCHERBLOCK COUNTERS ~ a really long counter!
How was your weekend? I hope you enjoyed time with family and friends like I was blessed to be able to do. Friday night our family went to a Durham Bulls baseball game. It was an exciting game and the park does a fantastic job of entertaining the crowd during slow periods of the […]
PLANNING FOR BUILT-IN BOOKCASES ~ a glimpse into the future
I told you last week that we bought a whole set of cabinets from the Habitat for Humanity ReStore. We're planning to use the bottom cabinets to make a wall of built-in bookcases in our family room. Here is the before picture of the family room wall where the bookcases will go. You can […]
KITCHEN REDO ~ A change of plans!
What do they say about “Best laid plans”!? RECAP: We were planning on saving a little moolah on the kitchen countertops by marbling our old countertops by ourselves. I painted our old island countertop (we are replacing it with butcher block which came in TODAY!!!!! More on that later…) SOOOOOOO I painted the countertop white […]