Category - Remodel

February 20, 2006

Installing the new vanity cabinet...

Here's a side view of the finished bathroom vanity cabinet. The sink is not attached yet of course, but it's had 3 coats of varnish and is finally READY !! The faucet is Kohler. I may have actually invented something here in the process, I did a bunch of MORE...

Posted by John Seaman at 10:50 PM on February 20, 2006 | | Comments (0)

Building a wooden threshold...

Just finishing up the Master Bath remodel, one of the last steps was to complete a threshold for the carpet to tile transition. The easiest option here is one of those ugly commercial made metal strips (sorry to all those ugly commercial metal strip makers out there!). If I wanted MORE...

Posted by John Seaman at 10:17 PM on February 20, 2006 | | Comments (0)

February 5, 2006

New Bath Vanity, Part 2

Continuing on the new bath vanity cabinet. Here it is actually assembled, with the bottom shelf. This time the clamps are holding the glue joints together. MORE...

Posted by John Seaman at 2:11 AM on February 5, 2006 | | Comments (0)

January 28, 2006

New Bath Vanity

Finally, the bathroom remodel is coming along... here's the beginnings of a new vanity cabinet. Picked up the sink unit at Home Depot of course. Still needs a little work.. 18" * 24" 3/4" maple ply face frame and trim will be solid maple doors will be 1/2" maple ply MORE...

Posted by John Seaman at 11:23 PM on January 28, 2006 | | Comments (0)

March 22, 2005

New Front Door

Yes, time for a new front door. The original door is was ugly, we especially didn't like the glass (no privacy at night, etc). MORE...

Posted by John Seaman at 11:15 PM on March 22, 2005 | | Comments (1)

August 24, 2004

Inside our house (before moving in)

Here are some pics of our house before we moved in. MORE...

Posted by John Seaman at 9:55 PM on August 24, 2004 | | Comments (0)

June 20, 2004

Project: Front of the house...

Talk about ugly, it appears most of the houses on our street had one of these at some point. When we moved in ours was the last on the street. Below are the before and after shots. A sawzall, crowbar and 10 lb hammer were the only required tools. Total MORE...

Posted by John Seaman at 9:47 PM on June 20, 2004 | | Comments (0)

June 1, 2004

Our new house...

Here it is... Needs a bunch of work of course, it's a bit over 50 years old. First up is a new garage door, the hinge is broken and the tension spring is about to go into orbit. After that, a new kitchen, windows, copper plumbing, bathrooms and sprinklers (some MORE...

Posted by John Seaman at 12:10 AM on June 1, 2004 | | Comments (0)