Alway Something To Finish

It's been a while since I did any drywall work and this needed to be done. The beam in the living room had to be covered up and if we are to move out, hopefully soon then it's best to get it done now, before the floors are finished.

Adding a little drywall

This little step makes a difference.

Add a corner bead and some mud.

Once the mud dries, I'll wet sand to keep the dust done.

The Door Stops Here

I know the phrase is "The Buck Stops Here" but I installed door stops and don't have any bucks. They went in very well, they are a little narrower than traditional stop strips but with everything trim white they blend in nicely.

The office.

Master bedroom.





Spare room, ReBecca's temp and very small studio.

Dressing room.

Camping

Well we are living at the house for the summer. We took out a few things to be comfortable and will be making trips back to do laundry and of course pick up anything we might need. So the posts may be slowing down for a while as we are going to try to enjoy the summer this year. I'll put up what new posts when we do something, until then be patient.

Supper time

A place for my coffee pot, and stuff.

From sewing table to dining room table.

Cozy living room.

Keeping entertained.



This picture dosen't do justace to the room.
The bed actully looks smaller in this room than in the
larger room in town.

Pulling Out All The Stops

We're not really pulling out all the stops, I'm making them, the door stops that is. To ensure the stops are thick enough to conceal all the openings once the door is closed I thought it would be easier to just make them. After all I'd have to paint them anyway. So here they are with a few coats of paint and then I'll get them installed.

Enough for the four doors and a spare.

You can see the profile here.

New Hardware

It was a long day and a productive one, I got the four doors hung and the hardware on. I still have to make a couple of adjustments to two of them by way of sanding the bottoms a bit so they'll swing open. The master bedroom and dressing room doors went up without too much trouble. With a 120+ year old home not everything is plumb, and with the door frames being plumb they conflict with the floors, a little bit. Other than that, I'll install the door stops, once I make them and this should be a done deal. Until I make the one's ReBecca really wants.




Out side the spare room.

Inside the dressing room.



Inside the office.

Looking at the bedroom and dressing room doors.

Four Doors - No Waiting

Over the past couple of days I have been painting the doors. To make things a little easier and have them all done at the same time I did them standing up. It was a lot easier and it went very well. I have three coats on now and will see tomorrow if they need one more, maybe once they are installed I can touch them up then.

Just painting in circles.

A little bit of scrap wood comes in handy.

Making Room For Hardware

Today I only cut out the holes for the door handles and chiseled out the locations for the hinges. I was going to start painting them but it's cool and damp, still so it's best to wait. Here are a couple of pictures of today's efforts, not exciting but it's progress.

The location for the handles.

Hinge locations.

The Doors

I'm not talking about the group but hollow core doors. As mentioned in a previous post we picked up four 6 panel doors that were 30 x 80, so I had to trim them up, or should I say down to size. After cutting them to length the piece that came off had the bottom frame work of the door in it and I had to make new ones to fit. These were made of pine and not press wood. I had a bit of time this morning and I clued them in. Tomorrow I'll cut the openings for the door handles and hinges, then give them the first coat of paint.

Not much to see, they're upside down and clamped.

The Last Piece

I officially finished off the fence this morning, I added the last piece of top rail. I does made a difference. After this mornings little job we went to Fredericton to Home Depot to look a doors for upstairs, just something until I get the time to make the one's ReBecca wants. Hoping for a sale we found doors at regular price the was lower then we were looking for, so we bought four, the handles she wanted, hinges and a jig to help line up all the hardware. So I'll be busy this week cutting holes and putting on a finish coat of paint. I didn't mention they only had primer on them. Wish me luck.

Finally done.

The Summer Look

With the fence up it was time to get at the lawn, ReBecca started it yesterday while I finished off the fence. Today I finished the lawn while she did an outstanding job cleaning up the flower beds and putting together several large flower pots for the deck. Not an easy job. The place looks great for the summer and hopefully we'll be there for good.

Hard to see the flowers, they are very young, I'll get
 better and closer pictures when the take hold and grow.

The New Compound

The new compound is done, except for one small piece of top rail. I am only human and should have got 16 end rail assemblies, were I got 14, so we'll get them shortly and that will be it. A safe haven for the cats to run and fell protected and when we get there a place for a dog(s) to run.

You can see the one piece of top rail missing.

It look fantastic.

And A Little More Chain

About 64 feet of chain link and another gate were installed yesterday, along with 7 more posts. One more main post to go in at the house, I had to wait to discuss it with ReBecca because it will go through the garden and I don't want to dig up something I shouldn't. I have the go ahead and it should be in today, after I cash in one of my saved up snow days that is. Not much to see or say about the latest pictures, they pretty much speak for themselves.

Green Is Good

Chain link fence is not the greatest looking fence but a green one does look good. I got the chain link up on the poles I put in yesterday about 75 feet and I got the poles in for the back side.

I does look good.

A look from the outside.

Starting to come together.

Nine more poles ready for a gate and chain link. 

Summer Jobs

It's summer time and we are getting some work done outside. ReBecca has been busy getting seeds started for the garden, and with all the recent rain and warm weather, we have been busy cutting grass at two locations. Over the past few day's we have been getting fencing together, not every store has all the parts we need and it pays to shop around a bit. One store has gates that are $10 cheaper but their chain link fence is $50 more. Today I started getting some poles in the ground, and positioned one of three gates. Lots to do and with this heat, we'll be taking many breaks to rehydrate.

Some went in quickly, other needed a bit of dig'n.
This is just the start.

The chin link was a mess, this roll was pieced together.
It's easy to fix and use.