Bungalow '23: An Arts & Crafts home improvement journal

Nursery Closet Framing Finished

Monday, March 17th, 2008

Over the weekend I finished framing the closet for the nursery. The outside wall needed to be built out with 2X2s to provide a nailing surface for drywall over the inside of the chimney. This will also give me a bit of space for some insulation ...

Framing the Closet

Monday, March 3rd, 2008

As if the lack of postings here wasn't sufficient to tell the story, let me spell it out: finding time for house projects and blogging has been mighty tough of late. Last weekend I watched the kids so Ms. Bungalow could put in extra hours at the office. The weekend ...

Opening Doors

Thursday, October 11th, 2007

Nothing big is happening here, but I'm making progress on a few odds and ends mostly involving opening doors. During one of his recent temper tantrums, my four-year-old slammed open his bedroom door and put the knob through the wall. If he was a little older I could have taught ...

Cedar Closet, Part Two

Tuesday, April 17th, 2007

Check it off the list, baby! For the first time in a long time, I actually got something finished around here-- and it feels great. Since my last update, I installed the cedar-lined access panel and the shelves in the upstairs linen closet, finishing that project. The access panel ...

Cedar Closet, Part One

Tuesday, April 3rd, 2007

Back several weeks ago, I had to demolish our upstairs linen closet to access a kneewall crawlspace and thaw the frozen water pipes to the shower in our master bathroom. Since then, I have stolen bits of time here and there to s-l-o-w-l-y put the closet back together. Like most ...