As I sit in my family room looking at a beautiful wall to wall, floor to ceiling bookcase, I let out a big YEAH!!! I’m also doing the happy dance!!! We’ve been working hard for a long time, learning so much and having a lot of fun (that’s my word, not the LOML’s!) while building […]
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THE BUILDING OF THE BOOKCASES #6 ~ The Power Drill and The Oscillating Tool
Happy Sunday! Sorry I'm a little late. I hope y'all had a great weekend! Ours was filled with trim, trim and more trim! The built-in bookcases in the family room are coming along very well. The crazy ideas running around in my noggin' are coming to fruition and it's so exciting to watch. I've […]
THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BOOKCASES #5 ~ The Electric Sander
In EVERY project we have ever done, there's always something that doesn't work out exactly the way we planned. The built-in bookcase in our family room is no exception. I am the idea man (or woman) and the LOML is the how-to man (and he really is a man!). The thought and work he has […]
THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BOOKCASES #4 ~ The Nail Gun
The built-in bookcases in our family room are coming along quite nicely….slowly, but nicely! This is the picture that is floating around in my head. We've cut all the wood with our table saw. The shelves have the dado cuts with the router. And we used our Kreg Jig, Jr. to cut screw pockets to […]
THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BOOKCASES #3 ~ The Kreg Jig, Jr.
My youngest kids, Daughters #1 and 2, are in a year round elementary school. That means they are in school for about 9 weeks, then off for about 3 weeks all year long. Their breaks are a little longer for Christmas and summer. All my kids have gone to year-round schools since we moved to NC […]
THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BOOKCASES #2 ~ the router
The LOML is in heaven getting to play with all his new toys tools. He spends hours reading and listening to videos about how to use them to build the built-in bookcases we're building in our family room. The first tool he learned about was the table saw. I wrote about that here. We've […]
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