the big window stretches from floor to ceiling on the landing of the stairs leading up to the second floor. I was thinking we should do some thing like Maynard Architects’ Tattoo House – they took pictures of nearby trees and simplified them into...

say what you will about IKEA, their kitchens have a decent reputation (Consumer Reports did an article ranking them 3rd, but unless you pay to sign up to their site, you can’t read it). The hardware is Blum – fully extending drawers, decent quality....

The drywalling is done (except for touch-ups) and the painter managed to spray two floors before going to bed with the flu. It seems like everyone is getting sick, being sick or in recovery from being sick right now, including us! I hope he heals...

the vancouver rains have set in and i think we’ve run out of painting weather. looks like we’ll be going with the concrete look this winter… the back porch was rebuilt and the ceiling is lined with fir, like the soffits. the front path did get...

The plywood tiles have been laid on the second floor and I am really pleased with how it turned out! I saw the idea on a blog and it took some figuring to work out exactly how we were going to stick it down. The wood place recommended using baltic...