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  • Framin
  • Oops
  • Vapor barrier up
  • Just installed this ceiling lamp. How does the height look?
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  • Managed to save a bit of shelf space by using oval ducting and pushing it up into the back corner of the cabinet
  • Just installed and HVAC'd up this concealed hood.
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  • Drillin holes through my house
  • Got a hole to drill
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  • Duct stuff
  • Starting to question my decision to save space with oval ductwork
  • Time to install this hood. PS - the DeWalt multitool is my new favorite power tool.
  • I am a shoe mold coping king
  • First order of business: hue lights.
  • 1/2 bath sink: plumbed
  • Walnut slab countertop mounted.
  • Floating slab support
  • Yep. This is gonna be good.
  • Playing with this slab of walnut.
  • Powder room mockup
  • Here's the weird little living room nook that we'd decided would eventually house a turntable and a bunch of records.
  • Door cuttin day
  • Squarin this dude up
  • Cleanin up the new bathroom countertop.
  • Cleanin up the edge of this walnut
  • Once I got it to this point I decided it was "safe" and let it sit in this state for farrrr too long
  • Later, I decided I should probably finish up that last banister post on the top to prevent people from falling over the edge...
  • Mom's new table coming together
  • WE HAVE A KITCHEN SINK AGAIN
  • Today's lunch: dissecting Kari's new vanity drawer via table saw.
  • Mom's dog really enjoyed helping work on the house.
  • Just installed my first dishwasher
  • Dishwasher install Saturday!
  • Kari wanted an obscenely large island bar. Our quartz installer said we needed additional support... These should do, ha.
  • Ceiling broox
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  • Buildin this handrail
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  • The first section always takes the longest.
  • Settin posts
  • Setting the first posts for the banister
  • Newel post hardware
  • Had a great time hanging out and working with this lady this weekend. Happy Mother's Day, mom!
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  • Picking up some oak
  • Buyin some oak for the handrail
  • I'm a can light installing MACHINE
  • Taking up more particle board subfloor
  • Time to start this building these handrails
  • I thought about engineering the pipe to be removable with springs, but I wound up scrapping that idea because it seemed like a disaster waiting to happen... You know, as soon as my friends found out they were removable.
  • Takin apart the new cabinets. Fixing a couple more cases of "that's not my job"
  • The Rio bar served (many of) us well
  • This has been a good book case
  • Ready for paint
  • The garage shop
  • Waste
  • Ready for counters
  • Hangin trim
  • Hangin trim
  • Hangin trim
  • New doors and casing goin up
  • Hangin them doors
  • It's been a while since I've worked on anything with this dude!
  • When your drywall dudes don't know what wires do, just start cutting em off, and half your living room loses power.
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  • Finally finished framing our shower
  • Got the new dining room floor raised n leveled.
  • New dining room subfloor going down. Breaking for the night. Breaking for beer.
  • Sleepers ranging from 7/8" to 1.5" thick to raise the old porch floor up to the same height as the rest of the house... and make it level.
  • Ripped a few boards today...
  • The faucet.
  • This has been my Friday night... almost got this damned floor transition figured out.
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  • Friday night party! Leveling our new dining room floor, which ranges from 1 5/8" - 2 1/8" lower than the rest of the house.
  • My desk while I wait for another drywall estimate...
  • This is gonna be a sweet shower.
  • A million thanks to Jeff and all his help on this project.
  • Construction hands
  • The hard can lights are in...
  • Could've gone without this happening, lol
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  • Plumbing that kitchen
  • Plumbin
  • "You'll just have to move the plumbing a few inches," our kitchen designers said
  • Test case
  • Plannin a 4-way
  • Moving and rewiring these took way longer than it should've. Blown in insulation is a pain in the ass.
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