Momplex
Come On In!
How to Install a Subfloor on Joists
Exterior Stuff
Ceiling Light Boxes
Painting the Face Frames
Well, it's not that I couldn't paint. They say occassional painting in a well ventilated area is fine for pregnant women.
But up here in Alaska, in the cold winter months, working inside a poured in place concrete building, with no ventilation, where your full time job is to build and paint or stain furniture, it's not occassional and it's not well vent
Installing Laminate Countertops
We got kitchen cabinets built,
then we DIYed a laminate countertop,
Now it's time to install them!!!
Most countertops are just glued down, but remember us? And our overbuilding, do-it-right-the-first-time issues?
Yeah, glue just not going to be enough for us. I know it would work just fine .... but why not add some screws too? Help us.
Bracing the Walls
How to Waterproof Foundations
Getting Started on the Momplex
And boy, what a winter it was for us up in Alaska. This winter, more than once, I asked myself why we live here. It was a tough one.
And I was most thankful to not be battling snow, wind, and deathly cold temperatures trying to work on the Momplex. Or say we had got the roof on - thank for cheering us on! - it would have been dreadful to pay for temporary heat just to get the Moms moved in a few months ea
Installing the Chimney
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