Framing Gable Roofs
But as happy as we are with our decision to use ARXX blocks for the exterior of the Momplex, I do miss stick framing. I do miss building with wood.
So this project, framing these little roofs abo
But as happy as we are with our decision to use ARXX blocks for the exterior of the Momplex, I do miss stick framing. I do miss building with wood.
So this project, framing these little roofs abo
Momplex Unit A. Man do things ever slow down when you have a baby in the house, don't they?
We finished up Momplex Unit B and got Grandma who likes to sew moved in last winter.
Unit B has a garage almost twice the size of Unit A, and there's storage under the landing (Unit A has the utility room in the garage and a pressure tank under
When it came time to install a countertop for the Momplex Vanilla kitchen, we did go have a solid surface countertop priced out.
The cost of the solid surface countertop was MORE than the entire kitchen!!! And it would take 8 weeks and we'd have to pay for a full travel day each time someone drove to the site to measure, fit and install the countertop (yes, we are to blame there for living in the sticks in Alaska).
<But before we start putting our Sunday's best on these stairs, let's take a second to remember where these stair boards have been.
We originally spent $400 on 2x12 boards,
Yep, at one point, they were new, not gray and old looking at all.
Until we poured concrete in them. That's where the gray staining comes from.
Grandma-who-likes-to-sew took a little trip a bit back, so we hijacked her side of the Momplex and got to work on a project we didn't quite get finished up before moving day.
Downstairs, where the stairs land, between the garage and the bonus room (which will hopefully someday become Grandma's craft and sewing room), is a little area that will make a perfect mudroom.
In Alaska, where coats and boots are used like shirts and shoes, a mudroom