I finished putting the finish on the new clock for Jenny. The clock isn't perfect, but I know what I'd need to do to make it better next time. I built this to…

My wife bought a band saw for me a few weeks ago, as I started to work on a new project for the house (read back an entry or two :) ).  She…

Woah.  I had so much fun today. So, Home Depot didn't have the thinner oak boards like they did.  Now that I have the band saw, though, this is no longer an issue,…

Today, I did some work improving the woodshop.  I like to try to make things out of wood.  Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't work.  We don't have enough room in our basement…

I upgraded the blog software I use for this site today.  It was far too easy, so I know that there must be something that isn't working correctly.  If anyone runs across an…

I managed to get the majority of the front wall with the big window stripped today.  I stopped only because I ran out of mixed stripper.  I could have mixed more, but I…

The one full wall of wallpaper is 98% done.  There are a few spots that need some clean-up, and the wall still needs to be scoured with some mildly abrasive pads (I use…

I worked for a few hours on two fairly small pieces of wallpaper today.  Then, right when I had finished that six square feet or so, I ran out of the spray-on stripper. …

Yesterday, I spent about two hours cleaning-off between six and eight square feet of wall.  Ugh.  The paper part of the wallpaper comes off pretty easily.  The 100+ year old glue and what…

Not all work performed while restoring a home is on the house itself.  There are some things that are necessary for happy life during restoration work, and sometimes those things break.  I noticed…