Wallpapering - Cedar Trim - Porches - and More
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Upstairs Wallpaper & Cedar Trimwork | |||
The Cedar Trim stacked & waiting |
Cherish pre-stains all the boards for easy assembly! |
Brian cuts the pre-stained boards to size... |
...and goes inside and nails them in place |
Wallpaper in the master bedroom wolves & birch bark
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Loft Area wallpaper - a different wolf scene |
Another shot of the loft |
Cherish finishes off staining some window trim |
Building the Upstairs Porches | |||
The girls stain the boards for the upstairs porches |
Mom, Cherish and Gizmo hard at work! |
Okay, remember what I told you... |
...about coloring in the lines.... |
Brian throws the boards down on the porch
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Mike Evans waves Hello to all his adoring fans! |
The other side of the house
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Um, I
guess this is where the finished pic should go... |
Building the Log Light for the Great Room | |||
Brian lugs the log down from the pile in the back of his Avalanche |
Grindering the log ends (don't ya just love that word?) |
Um, I pledge allegiance to the flag.... |
Moving the log to stain it...I think we killed the wheelbarrow... |
Drilling a hole thru the log to pass the wire thru to the bottom... |
Running the cord in the groove we cut in the top of the log |
Wiring the light before raising it into place |
Setting up the pulley |
Testing the pulley |
Attaching the track lighting to the log |
The finished project! |
A Barrel of Monkey.... |
Kitchen Cabinetry | |||
Cherish organizes the cabinets...and puts down GIRLY paper in the bottoms of the cabinets ;-) |
Dad actually looks happy in front of the breakfast bar / island |
Cherish climbs up to lend a hand |
Check out the Twigs! |
Mom Drilling the holes for the cabinet handles |
Still going, and going, and going... |
...she's like the Energizer Monkey! |
How YOU doing? |
Outside Window Trim | |||
Brian takes a few measurements |
Mike Evans works on the last two windows |
Brian and Tyler take a break |
Yeah, that looks real safe, huh? |
Brian shows Tyler how to use the Nail Gun
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Smile Guys! |
Really, I'm not choking the kid... |
A Monkey with a baseball bat... |
Installing the Blinds | |||
A monkey with a.... oops, nevermind.... |
Cherish unpacks the blinds |
Check out Mom's look of intense concentration |
Check out the Blinds! |
Blinky! | |||
Mike Worcester takes in the sights |
You just GOTTA have a Gizmo Photo! |
Mike outside the cabin |
Mike and Brian on their way back from Detroit |
sorry, no monkeys here | |||
Assorted Pics | |||
Stand back... |
...we don't know how big this thing is gonna get! |
Peeling off the paper we've had on the stairs for a year! |
Brian applies a coat of poly to the stairs |
Tyler gets dressed to go fishing |
Tyler out fishing with the neighbors |
TRYING to wallpaper the vents... |
It was kind of a failed experiment, but they had FUN! |
Gizmo and her Hot Dog! |
Burning more garbage! |
Giz, that can't possibly be comfortable |
Cherish sews the curtains for the guest bedroom |
Dad wiring an electrical box in the floor |
Brian and Gizmo take a walk down by the lake.... |
Ribbit Ribbit Hey! That's not a monkey! |
Tell us how you really feel pal...
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