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Wainscoting on Small Walls

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 […]

June 3rd, 2012
Paneling Under a Window

After a fairly relaxing weekend with our wonderful moms and my beautiful wife, I was able to spend some free time on our dining room paneling project late Sunday afternoon.  So far we’ve removed the old chair rail molding, added an outlet and repaired the wall damage from the wiring.  Now we’re finally ready to […]

May 15th, 2012
Adding a New Outlet

I enjoy doing electrical work.  It’s usually fairly straight forward and doesn’t involve me getting very dirty.  Usually.  Sometimes I have to cut holes in the wall, like in our dining room.  Since we decided to add some raised panel wainscoting, we’re adding a new outlet behind this buffet.  The lamps we have on there […]

May 2nd, 2012
How to Remove Trim

Yep, we’re finally getting around to the dining room wainscoting project and we’re starting with a post on how to remove trim. There is quite a lot to do with this one, but we’re happy to finally get to it. We’ve got a full weekend of home projects ahead of us for a change and […]

April 25th, 2012
Dining Room Plans

Isn’t it funny how the weekends where you do next to nothing seem to wear you out more than the ones where you do everything?  Is that just me?  Anyway, it’s about time I start sharing with you our plans for our dining room.  We’re planning on installing home made raised panel wainscoting.  There are […]

February 13th, 2012
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