Hope everyone had a Happy Easter!!  Ours was filled with great family and great ham!  So great in fact, that we skipped our normal Monday post to sleep in!!  It was worth the wait though, because today we’re going to talk about concrete countertops. Thankfully, this post isn’t about another project that Lisa and I […]

If you couldn’t tell from the post title, we’re planning a workbench build.  I know what you’re thinking.  Wait, aren’t you already working a couple projects?  Why don’t you finish those before you start another?  And what’s with all the planning posts? So, to bring you up to speed… 1.  We’re waiting for some hardware […]

Today we’re going to discuss our raised panel wainscoting layout options, but first Happy Monday!  Hope you had a great weekend.  Aren’t you happy to be awake and at work?  No?  Me neither.  Lisa and I haven’t had any real progress with our drawer slides yet, so I’ve decided not to post any more info […]

When I got home from work, I didn’t expect to be writing this post.  I was hoping to finally write a celebratory post about our sliding drawers.  Not surprisingly, it remains unresolved pending some hardware I need to ship back and exchange for what is hopefully the last pieces I need. So, not having a […]

In this post, we’re going to look at raised panel wainscoting options, but first Happy Monday everybody!  Yesterday was Lisa’s birthday and even though she’s the crafty one, I did manage to pull something out of my hat.  Remember this birthday pennant banner we had from our daughter’s first birthday?  Yeah, well.  It’s still hanging […]

Happy Friday everybody!!  Can’t believe how quick this week went.  Despite our setback with our kitchen sliding drawer project this week, I do have some major progress to report, but I think I’ll save it for another post.  I don’t want to count my chickens before they’re hatched! I’m gradually getting back to my regular […]

So here’s my kitchen cabinet sliding drawers update: I think this project may become a saga.  If it takes me another five posts to finish this cabinet drawer situation I wouldn’t be surprised at this point!!  I’m trying not to get frustrated, but it happens.  What’s the snag?  Aren’t you basically done this?  Yes, well, […]

I would love to have a post today that showed off my finished sliding cabinet drawers installed, but unfortunately, my local hardware stores didn’t have the right drawers slide hardware in stock at the moment.  I’m going to grab some early this week when I go into the city, so I’ll have a wrap up […]

Well this project sure feels like it’s dragging on a bit!!  It really shouldn’t take this long to finish, but between work trips, booked up weekends and normal parent-life activities it’s hanging around a little longer than I’d like.  But that’s okay!  I would like to stress that if you have a free weekend, you […]

So our sliding drawer project is coming along slowly, but nicely.  We’ve measured and purchased our wood and we’ve cut it to its width and length.  Now comes the tricky part, we’re going to start making the joints and other cut features of the drawers.  This can be an intimidating part of the project, especially […]