Another Adirondack Underway

Friday, November 20th, 2009

The adirondack chair I built last spring spent a lonely summer in the front yard awaiting its mate. With competition for my attention from summertime activities and other house projects, however, the second chair has sat for weeks half-assembled in my garage. But now, with winter's snow a daily possibility, completing the ...

Bedroom Update: In Pictures

Friday, June 19th, 2009

My last couple posts have lacked pictures, but I finally took the camera around and captured a few images of the progress up in the bedroom. This first photo shows the partially-stripped door into the bedroom and the newly relocated doorframe for the closet.  The radiator at the bottom of the ...

Bedroom Update: Ready for Wiring

Thursday, June 18th, 2009

As scheduled, my construction contractor arrived on Monday morning with his assistant to finish up the framing in my bedroom project.  While they relocated a door frame and furred out rafters, I hauled away demolition material and kept my kids out of trouble. After a few hours, the framing was finished ...

Building An Adirondack Chair: Result

Friday, April 10th, 2009

Some cold weather last weekend kept me from staining the adirondack chair as quickly as I had hoped.  But the temperatures warmed up a bit this week, allowing me to finish the last bit of staining yesterday afternoon.  This morning, the chair moved to my front yard. This was my first ...

Building an Adirondack Chair, Part 2

Saturday, April 4th, 2009

The first post on my adirondack chair project left off with the cutting and assembly about 3/4 done.  Since then, I have finished the remaining construction items including the back and seat. On these last construction items I also made a few adjustments to the Rockler plans to suit my own ...