1900 Farmhouse

After receiving the call from Georgie's , the everything ceramic store, that my trim tiles were done being bisque fired, I picked them u...

Actually, I take that back. I still have carpet upstairs, but as of last night, there's no more carpet on the first floor. Last night...

Last night was the unveiling of my Doug Fir floors in the office (also know as a third bedroom). I was fairly excited, not just because it w...

The first picture is from inside my fence. The clematis is actually planted on the OTHER side of the fence, but since this side gets the aft...

I finally got on the ball and ordered the tin ceiling. I went through a couple of different companies to get the best price. I was planning ...

This is so I can attach the tin ceiling in the weeks to come. It was quite a task hoisting the 4x4 pieces of half inch plywood over my head ...

I particularly like this time of year not just because it gets warmer (duh) but also because it reminds me of when I got the keys to my hous...

This past week I have been redoing the trim for the oak tree tile mural after the initial attempt ended up in catastrophic warpage . The thi...

After coming back from a week and a half vacation in Ireland , I discovered that the oak tree tile trim was completely dry and ready to be b...

I have just finished the final making of the trim and here it is, set to dry. Not the most exciting post, I realize, but that is why I choo...

This part deals with making the side trim of the oak tree tile mural . Here it is in final form, drying: The first stage, in rough form, af...

This past week I was able to wrap up the last of the panel wainscoting install. It was just a couple of small areas, one near the stairs and...

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...