Just this morning, my local township electrical inspector stopped by and reviewed the electrical work I had performed for our home office improvement project. He gave us a passing grade, which means I officially have approval to cover the framing with drywall and finish the room. He pointed out a couple changes I need to […]
In this post, you’ll learn – How to use chalk lines to mark for center – How a compass and a drywall saw are used for ceiling light holes Late last week, I got a call from our local township that our electrical permit was approved. Right after I picked it up, I got started. […]
In this post you will learn -A unique approach to framing out a coffered ceiling Over the last few evenings, I’ve managed to squeeze in some office work. Not the typical office work one would expect, but the kind where I’m screwing 2×6’s to my ceiling. THAT sort of office work. As of today, […]
As promised, I’m back with another post on adding value to our home. If you’re new to our site, here’s what we’ve covered so far in this short series. Oh and definitely check out our new “Start Here” page. 1. How I Doubled my First Home’s Value (Free Newsletter Subscribers Only) 2. How I Added Value […]
In this post you’ll learn: -What Detailed Design is all about -How to use existing products to dimension your own projects It’s been nearly two weeks since our last home office post, so it’s time for an update. We just completed the detailed design work and we’re going to be getting started later this week […]
Happy Snow Day to all of my East coast friends! If you’re keeping count, this is something like the 11th winter storm we’ve had this season. I’m honestly not complaining, though. We’ve got a couple little kids that haven’t seen much snow since they’ve been born. So this year has been fun, but yes, I’m […]
In this post you’ll learn about: – Two different types of coffered ceiling options and the pros and cons of each – How to design the layout of the coffered ceiling boxes using Excel and SketchUp In between shoveling out from snow storms and salting our sidewalk, we’ve been winding down the concept development portion […]
Over a year ago, we completed a shoe organizer project to help clean up some of the cluttered mess of shoes we have in our garage. We don’t wear shoes in the house so we had a good 8 pairs or so of shoes just piled up in there. Since that post went live in […]
In this post you’ll learn: – How room layout options can be tweaked to get desirable results – How SketchUp can be used to design and build room layouts With all the snow we’ve had this week, I had enough down time to work on our home office layout options. To make things easier on […]
In this post, you’re going to learn: – How your home improvement project is exactly like the space shuttle – How to use the Home Remodeling Process for your next home improvement project After another full weekend of labor and our home office floor is finally finished. Now it’s time to turn our attention to […]
