GARDEN SHED - DAY FIVE

AND SIX.

PUT UP THE ROOF JOISTS.

CUT NOTCHES IN THE JOISTS, SO THE PURLINS ARE IN THE SAME PLANE AS THE JOISTS, AND THE METAL ROOFING IS TIGHT.

READY FOR THE RAIN.

GARDEN SHED - DAY FOUR

NAILED DOWN THE LAST OF THE PLYWOOD SIDING, AND WRAPPED IT UP. 

GARDEN SHED - DAY ONE

AND DAY TWO AND THREE.

POURED THE CONCRETE SLAB, FRAMED THREE WALLS AND BROUGHT IN A STACK OF PLYWOOD..

THIS WILL BE AN 8 X 8 SHED FOR GARDEN TOOLS AND FIREWOOD. TO GET SOME LIGHT INSIDE THE MICRO-STRUCTURE, AND TO ADD VISUAL INTEREST TO THE WALLS, I'LL BE CUTTING IN A COUPLE OF TALL NARROW WINDOWS.

  

 FRAMED THE FOURTH WALL.

STARTED NAILING UP THE SIDING ON THE BACK WALLS...

...AND AROUND TO THE FRONT.

KITCHEN REMODEL - FINAL DAY

FINISHED INSTALLING THE SHELVES. WIRED A SERIES OF LEDs UNDERNEATH, WHICH PROVIDES GOOD LIGHT ON THE COUNTERS. 

SINCE THEN, I'VE INSTALLED THE DRAWER PULLS, AND NOW WE'RE COOKING! WE'LL HAVE AN OPEN HOUSE LATER THIS MONTH, AND I'LL POST SOME FINAL PHOTOS.

KITCHEN REMODEL - DAY ELEVEN

AND TWELVE. AND MORE. PROBABLY INCLUDES DAYS THIRTEEN AND FOURTEEN.

INSTALLED THE CABINET DRAWERS, CONNECTED THE EXHAUST HOOD, AND BROUGHT IN THE POTS AND PANS.

STAINED AND FINISHED A PANEL TO BOX IN THE FRIDGE, AND HUNG THE HIGH CABINET FOR FOOD STORAGE.

PUT IN CABINETS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STOVE. INSTALLED, SANDED AND OILED THE BUTCHER-BLOCK COUNTERS.

ABOVE THE SINK, STARTED INSTALLING THE SERIES OF SHELVES TO HOLD DISHES AND JARS. THE GLUE-UP:

KITCHEN REMODEL - DAY NINE

AND TEN.

BUILT A NARROW CABINET FOR THE SPACE BETWEEN THE DISHWASHER AND WALL.

DISHWASHER ARRIVED, SHRINK-WRAPPED AND SHINY.

PUT IN THE BUTCHER-BLOCK COUNTER, CUT A HOLE FOR THE SINK, AND DROPPED IT IN.

INSTALLED THE SOAP DISPENSER, SPIGOT, FAUCET AND SPRAYER. LOOKS LIKE A ROW OF SMALL ABSTRACT SCULPTURES.

TURNED ON THE WATER AND LET IT FLOW.

KITCHEN REMODEL - DAY SEVEN

ASSEMBLED SIX CABINETS FROM PARTS AND PIECES. 

THESE ARE FROM A LITTLE SWEDISH IMPORT SHOP THAT I DISCOVERED OUT BY THE AIRPORT. I'VE BEEN IMPRESSED BY THE QUALITY OF THE HARDWARE AND THE PRECISE FIT OF THE PIECES.

DAY EIGHT. 

PICKED UP A TEN-FOOT LENGTH OF STAINLESS STEEL FOR THE BACKSPLASH. BURNED THRU THREE SAW BLADES CUTTING OUT THE HOLES FOR THE OUTLETS.

GLUED IT TO THE WALL. USED WOOD BATTENS TO HOLD IT PLACE WHILE THE GLUE DRIES.