Done. A little caulk, a bit more paint, a good thorough cleaning, and I'm going to be finished with this room.

The grinder is flipped upside down, vibrating the house, top to bottom.

Simple. I still need to find 7 knobs for the lower cabinet doors. $1.12 each for the handles.

Sunday evening, I pulled the first two countertops from the forms. They aren't perfect. Nothing in this house is. I'm okay with that...

I decided to pour the two smaller countertops first, as a test. A grinder on high speed vibrates the floor and molds. Sanders without paper ...

Building the forms for the kitchen countertops began with 3/4" sheets of melamine. Using a table saw, the edges of the forms were rippe...

I've been ignoring the task of weeding the front slope for a long while now. At first, it was because of the dying daffodil foliage. Why...

it's done as far as I am concerned. The toe molding, toekick under the cabinets, and some caulk where the tile meets door facings are th...

After those weeks of no rain in early May, I was wondering if we would ever break the cycle. Now, we've entered a new loop. The humidity...

It started raining about 7pm. Thunderstorms rolled across the Piedmont area of NC all evening. I took advantage of the rain to clean the hou...

Yesterday, it came another downpour. We've gotten nearly 5" of rain this month. Our average is just over 4" in May. I'm no...