Unifying with Circles
Carrying on from the last post and finally finished the super long tale of the redesigning “process” for the look…
Category: Projects
Great Room “Note” — Outside Design Service
During our random discussions about what to do paint and furniture-wise in the great room, Agent Smith pointed me to…
Making the Great Room Great — Step Eight: Wall Lighting
Back when we had the main electric panel redone, we made the call to decommission the monument outlets in the…
Making the Great Room Great — Step Seven: Plants and Bits
Instead of random knick knacks (although we do have a few interesting items,) I always intended that the main ornaments…
Making the Great Room Great — Step Six: Finding Art
In addition to finding furniture for the great room, over the last two years we’ve managed to find interesting items…
Making the Great Room Great — Before and After Painting
Below are some before and after shots of the foyer and great room once the painters were done but before…
Making the Great Room Great — Step Four: Painting
As anyone who has painted a room (myself included) knows, prep work is what takes the most amount of time.…
Making the Great Room Great — Step Three: Priming
Once the drop cloths and sheets of plastic were taped into place the painters got busy. The four interior doors…
Making the Great Room Great — Step Two: Paint Prep
In mid-August of 2019 our regular house painter slotted some time to come up and paint the great room. There…
Making the Great Room Great — Step One: Deciding on Paint
Once the floors had been refinished and the chimney column in the center of the great room was stripped of…
Venting the Garage
Regular readers know that the primary enticement to buying this place was the big garage. It is used for more…
A Trip to the Auction House
Way back early on after buying this place Agent Smith and I discussed ways to furnish it that did not…
Battery Backup: Hosed
The one casualty of the power wall project was the post that held the reel for a hose we use…
Battery Backup: The Install
As detailed in the previous post, we decide to forgo installing a big diesel generator to provide backup power and…
Battery Backup: Understanding the Pieces
One of the annoying things about living halfway up a mountain is that we do lose power more often than…
Mirror Mirror
As mentioned in the last post, the 3D printer helped with a recent crafty project that I created for the…
When in doubt, just print it
It’s been two years now since we bought our first 3D printer. Based upon a recommendation of a friend, we…
Exterior Tidying
The winter rains did not show up in December 2018 and we were able to get our favorite painter in…