We hope everyone is managing to stay cool during this little East Coast heat wave we’ve been having.  It was supposed to go up to 100 F yesterday!  I love the summer, but I’d rather be a little cool, than a little hot, ya know.  We have a blow-up pool we’ll be setting up for […]

Hope everyone had a wonderful Father’s Day!  I sure did!  Lisa and I slept in until 730, which for parents of a 16 month old is NICE!  We caught an early mass at our local parish and then Lisa cooked me breakfast.  She made me eggs over easy with a side of scrapple. If you’ve […]

Another busy work week here! Thankfully, I’ve found some time to write a couple posts. I have not had a ton of time this week to read or comment on my normal reads. Hopefully I’ll get some more free time later this week. Sucks! After we finish up the last wall in the dining room, […]

For the past couple years since we’ve lived in our current house we’ve had some issues with our exterior garage lights.  The fixtures themselves aren’t really the problem, it’s the bulbs.  I’m not sure if it’s the changing temperatures between the seasons or what, but they never seem to last longer than a few weeks […]

Thought it may be helpful to bring all of our readers up to speed on what we have left to do in our raised panel wainscoting project in our dining room. Just yesterday, I was able to get another small wall section installed. (via my instagram: john_ohfs) That leaves one more long wall section.  This […]

Here’s a great post on how NOT to do proper edge trimming with a router. So, I have three walls left after our latest post. Last night I decided to work on this little section… The general strategy I was thinking for these last few walls was to leave the panel section a little long […]

Finally back to a normal work schedule for the time being!  Last week, I only managed one real honest to goodness post.  Unfortunately, I was working 12 hour shifts trying to get a project done.  It ended up working out well, but my writing and project time paid the price.  Oh well, it is what […]

Last month, I wrote a post about woodworking tools that I feel are essential for every basement or garage workshop.  The items I listed are commonly found items and they can be picked up at any home improvement store.  If you’re adventurous, you can also buy a lot of quality used tools from Craigslist.  MOST […]

Time for me to put my geek face on and talk about a software program that I use a LOT for work and home projects, Microsoft Excel.  If you don’t use this program and it’s seems intimidating, it’s fairly simple to learn and I encourage you to give it a try.  It’s perfect for shopping lists […]

Another weekend gone and more progress on our raised panel wainscoting project to tell you about.  Last week we finished up the window wall… and by finished up, I mean just the framing.  The MDF inserts and the bolection molding will come at a later point.  First I want to get the entire poplar frame […]