Momplex
Framing up a Mudroom Bench in a Nook
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
DIYing a Wood Handrail
Trundle Drawers for Mudroom Bench
(For those of you who missed a post this past week, Grandma's been traveling, so we decided surprise her with a mudroom makeover in her side of the Momplex.)
Just to refresh, here's what the space looked like before we started working on the mudroom projects ...
And here's w
Installing Pie Cut Hinged Doors for Lazy Susan Corner Cabinet - Momplex Vanilla Kitchen
We actually only hung 18.
We were dreading the last two. Can you guess what two doors I'm referring too?
Yep, you guessed right!
The lazy susan we built for the corner will require two doors, hinged together with multiple different hinges.
You can buy the whole kit, or buy the hinges separately, as we did.
Image from Hardware Source
DIY-ing a Laminate Countertop
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).
<Drawers for Closet Tower
Happy Monday!!!
A few weeks back, we built Mom a master closet system, and she's been loving it so far!
But we wanted to add a little more storage and functionality to the tower itself. I'm not a huge fan of low shelves (maybe it's because I'm ready-to-pop-preggers and reaching into a low bottom shelf is a monumental task right now?).
Mom was going to add some baskets on the lower shelf, but those baskets cosst $20 - and we'd need two per sh
Framing Decks
But before we get to any of that, we decided to tackle the decks first. The big reason for this is with the walls completely finished out, moving things from unit to unit has become quite a task, involving going down stairs, out the garage, in the other ga
Stair Railing
Well, at least a job that you sit down at.
I guess that's the good thing about working on stairs. You get to sit on them while you work on them.
Yep, sitting down on the job, figuring the stair skirts and installing them.
And we barely got to sit down to cut and install this baseboard down the stairs, it was so quick.
The skirts and baseboard finish out the wa