Long Time

We wrapped up a majority of the basement back in May. Finishing trim is about all that's left. And hey, you can live with unfinished trim. Besides when the lights are down and you're

watching a movie you can't see the trim anyway. Did I mention the movie screen is really big? And yessir you really do notice the sound comes from the screen and not off to the sides or bottom. Super happy that I did the in-wall speakers.




We're still adjusting to having all this extra room and storage, and I have to admit it is nice. Hey we even have the makings of library. Yes all the books have been in boxes for the last 5 years.





We went and carpeted the floor in the basement with wool. Oh so nice to walk on and hopefully warm in the winter, and made our selves a low maintenance floor of slate off the back door.

Spring in the NW

Psyche! Actually, this weekend was pretty spring like. But only one day was playtime, and just part of it at that. So lets back up to Friday. I picked up one of these, because I found out how easy this makes the job. Then I took some black walnut that I picked up from my buddy Brian over to my buddy Doug's shop to get planed and jointed. Did I mention I really wish I had the space for a shop? After which I did some kayaking here, and then used this, from this guy through which I've acquired most of my tools. And the result is this ledge. There's more walnut pieces to come, but I really like the character of this piece. I'll be finishing this with urethane over the next week. So how many links did I throw into this post? Too many.

Lighting up......

...the stairwell.

A couple weeks ago we get a card in the mail from many old house dwellers' favorite lighting store, Rejuvenation. Well they were having a sale, and a big one at that. So we made plans, actual plans, to go down there the first day of the sale. It turns out we got there shortly after the store opened, along with a lot of other folks, and the hunting for our light began. We knew what shade we wanted it was just a matter of the method to hang it from the sloped ceiling. Rod or chain? We wanted rod, but chain trumps rod in this case. Thanks to one of their employees we got something unique for our place (that computer mockup program is waaaayyy cool).

I have to say it's great to work with a company that is so customer oriented. So with the light up and the final coat of paint on, we are done with the major work downstairs and now it's on to the finish work. This could take bit.

Almost done

We took a bit of a vacation from house related projects over the holidays, with family in town and a kayaking vacation in Ecuador for the two of us. But with the start of the new year we had the pros come in and hang drywall in the stairwell and wine cellar. So far it looks real good and the crooked old house didn't really slow them down. They'll be mudding and taping next. If you're in the Seattle area and need drywall work done I recommend contacting Brian at Seattle Mudworx. After this it will be onto the finish work. So close to being done on Dawson St. Now if only I received a box with a router in it, I could really get some work done on cabinets....

Making the better basement
It's time. I'm finally tackling the basement. Most of the overall wiring is done and the drywall was about to start going up when I discovered the wet spot. Now the basement has been dry overall, save for one spot that had a drainage issue I fixed with the new patio. But this was a new spot. KT had been out watering the strawberries next to the house when I found this issue. Water seeping in at the top of the footing. It doesn't surprise me. It's 84 year old concrete and I'd probably be leaking too if I was that old. I'm glad I discovered this issue before the walls were finished however. Now I get to go dig in the dirt and seal some concrete. Fun.