HAPPY 2014 Y'ALL!!! I hope the start of your new year has been a good one. Mine has been pretty lazy. I've been hanging with the family spending lots of time together eating, playing, laughing. The perfect way to spend time!! But now reality has set in. Everyone has started back to school and/or […]
Tag: built-in bookcases
2013 Project Recap
HAPPY (ALMOST) NEW YEAR!!!!! I hope your 2013 was full of blessings! I can't believe another year is almost gone. Time really does fly when you're getting old having fun!! We've been busy in our family room this year. I just couldn't seem to get out of that room. […]
THE COMPLETION OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BOOKCASES
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 […]
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 […]