1900 Farmhouse

The panel wainscoting install is still continuing. I'm current working on the small wall sections near the office door and stairs, which...

On Friday evening, I cut all the small corner moulding pieces for the panel wainscoting that essentially 'frame' the panel. I was su...

After getting a few nice compliments on the panel wainscoting project so far, I feel I should probably fess up to a little mis-nailage that ...

This past week I have been wrestling with a twisted cap for the wainscoting. I think it added about 3 days to the entire project. Of course...

For the non-houseblog.net referrals to this site, I first have to explain that there's this community of house bloggers called houseblo...

On Tuesday morning much to my surprise, I awoke to about an inch or two of snow . That's a big deal in Portland, Oregon and the meterolo...

Pretty tough looking little guy, isn't he? But with a name like XP180, how can you NOT be? For Christmas, my brother Ed bought me this ...

I finally found a dry weekend to finish up the siding install on the outside of the french door. Unfortunately, it was about 25° F and windy...

I finally have accomplished a task in the dining room remodel that is worth posting - the installation of the slate tile at the bay window. ...

As most home remodellers know, a project generally never goes without some unexpected challenges. In fact, after the many projects I've ...

It was left on my front porch. Actually, my chimney's so small that hardly anything fits in it, including liners required by code. Here...

After feeling somewhat successful at the trial trim creations, I decided that production for the trim around the oak tree tile mural was to ...

This is part two of my exploration of making trim for my oak tree mural . I apologize on part one for the huge spaces between the pictures....

I hope I don't jinx myself but I'm going to capture a step by step process on how I'm going to make my trim around the oak tree ...

This weekend I offered to hang my neighbor's Christmas lights for her (actually, really for her 5 year granddaughter). But it was really...

This past Wednesday, I had the finishers for the drywall start their work. So far, it looks pretty good. They weren't able to meet the w...