I Build Stuff

First work shoot

Posted on: Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Today we had our first working shoot with Amy. We got the sliding drawer for the laundry built in working, but still need to finish it off with the doors and trim. Same for the bookshelf. We also

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Master carpenter at your service

Posted on: Sunday, October 19, 2008

We spent the weekend building and painting. Collette painted what will be the doors on the laundry pull out built-in, and the bathroom mirror. Meanwhile, I built the laundry built in box to have it ... Read More »

Got Wood?

Posted on: Friday, October 17, 2008

Flooring just arrived. Free swag came with! From lonsown.com. image image ... Read More »

Demolition Done?

Posted on: Monday, October 06, 2008

Not quite. This weekend Collette and I finished demolition of the bathroom. All the tile is gone, plus half of the sheet rock. The tub is gone as well. I'll post pictures soon. Anyway, Richard the ... Read More »

We’re going to be so famous

Posted on: Friday, October 03, 2008

Right now as I type this, Amy Mathews, a producer from the DIY Network, and a camera crew is upstairs using our space to film a commercial/promo for DIY. It's a little 10 second clip of Amy saying ... Read More »

Electrical Work Underway

Zeke, Collette's uncle started the electrical work yesterday. We're fortunate to have a licensed electrician in the family, but unfortunately for him he lives in Sleepy Eye, which is a 2 hour drive ... Read More »

Is anything in our house up to code?

Posted on: Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Richard, our soon to be plumber, stopped by again this morning to survey the damage. Hopefully he'll be able to provide us with a more accurate quote after getting a better view of the piping, and ... Read More »

Demolition

Posted on: Sunday, September 28, 2008

This past weekend we started demolition. Being a male I thought destroying stuff would be a lot of fun. It was for about 10 minutes, then after that it reall, really sucked. So for anyone out there

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Sweat Equity

For those who don't know what has been going on in our lives lately let me fill you in. A couple of months ago I was riding the bus into work and was eves dropping on someone's converstation. I

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