Post 27- Minor Improvements

I spent yesterday cleaning the house a bit, installing some new stuff, and then put a little coffee table together out of scrap.

I've got 2 hanging lamps put up that look very nice, and reorganized the kitchenette area.  This won't be a big post, but here's a couple pix of the table and reorganized kitchen area.  Oh, you can't see it really in these pix, but I've got my pots hanging on a rack on the left side of the counter.  I tested this out for functionality last night when I cooked and I like it! 

More importantly, Heather likes it too I think.

A few things about the table.  It's (intentionally) the same exact height as the benches, so depending on the configuration you desire, it's pretty easy to set up a guest bed, a recliner, or giant footstool/table (currently shown).  It's also got a built in shelf for storage, either baskets or what have you.  You just kind of slide it around to the position you want, and voila.  

It's a bit of a custom length (and width and height), but it interacts with the benches wonderfully.  By design, even.  As Kenny says, "this looks so good, it looks like someone else did it...".  Anyhoo, here's the table in all it's unstained glory.

I'm pleased with how it turned out.  I put the table together with recycled bits of wood from the wood pile, the top of it is the 2x12 we used for the form on the foundation, the legs are re-purposed wall braces, and the slats on the bottom for storage are from furring strips prettied up a bit.  A little stain and a touch of the router should add the final touches.

More to come later, thanks for reading!

J

Post 26- Raise the Roof, woop and then also woop, part deux

It's a good day.

My roofer came through, and I now have a shiny new green tin roof, which is nice:  we had the thick tar paper on top but that stuff is notorious for "drying up" within a moderately short time (and then leaking) when exposed to direct sunlight and we were kind of pushing the time limits on how long we could go without covering it up (and still not getting wet when it rains).

Anyhoo, it's on now, which is a good thing.  I've just got something resembling an almost human schedule at work too, so I'm pretty stoked about that too.

Without further ado, here's a bunch of pictures I took of the place the other morning.  The yard is looking great, if you don't believe me, flip back a few months and look at the giant mud pit that was the front yard, and compare to the below.

Pix, so it did happen:

Here's a closeup (below) of the little wall down at the split in the driveway.  Those are big giant chunks of raw marble, the biggest blocks were too big to even drag, I mean...heavy duty.  

From a bit further back.... (below)

We went to Ikea, and among other things, we picked up some curtains (on the cheap!) for the windows.  I've got the rods for them too, but I've put them on a temporary clothesline for now since I don't want to take off the rods and then reinstall them when we put up the drywall.

And, a few more gratuitous shots of the house and yard.

We're off to church, have a great day, thanks for reading !

:)